diff --git a/ch05_wallets.adoc b/ch05_wallets.adoc index a60b5e67..dc09ec0c 100644 --- a/ch05_wallets.adoc +++ b/ch05_wallets.adoc @@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ because the possibilities for internal organization into branches and subbranches are endless. Two BIPs offer a solution to this complexity by creating some proposed -standards for the structure of HD wallet trees. BIP43 proposes the use +standards for the structure of HD wallet trees. ((("BIP43 HD wallet tree structure")))BIP43 proposes the use of the first hardened child index as a special identifier that signifies the "purpose" of the tree structure. Based on BIP43, an HD wallet should use only one level-1 branch of the tree, with the index number @@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ defining its purpose. For example, an HD wallet using only branch m/i++'++/ is intended to signify a specific purpose and that purpose is identified by index number "i." -Extending that specification, BIP44 proposes a multiaccount structure +Extending that specification, ((("BIP44 HD wallet tree structure")))BIP44 proposes a multiaccount structure as "purpose" number +44'+ under BIP43. All HD wallets following the BIP44 structure are identified by the fact that they only used one branch of the tree: m/44'/.