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How does Ed25519 fit in with BIP32/44 HD wallet paths?

From my understanding, BIP39/32/44 all use the secp256k1 elliptic curve standard from Bitcoin. But I noticed that cryptos such as Polkadot and Cardano have their own registered coin type path for ...
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How do you Derive Addresses from a BIP49 Master Public Key using P2WPKH-P2SH?

I am trying to derive addresses from a master public key (aka extended public key) in python. I don't fully understand the math behind the key derivation, but have been able to decode the master ...
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When a BIP44 XPUB and one of its descendant keys get leaked, what's the worst that can happen?

I understand that BIP44 has one edge case vulnerability where if a hacker gets his hands on an Xpub and a private key from its descendants, he can compute the Xprv pair of the original Xpub and ...
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BIP 32 Private keys to be imported into HSM

Could someone explain to me how the import of private key in HSM works? Below is the information from the manual: Private Key Import/Export Private keys can be imported and exported with existing ...
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Howto convert mnemonic->seed->root key->derived addresses with c library (libWally)

I am trying to use the cryptowallet library LibWally to convert a 12-word mnemonic into a set of derived addresses. I believe my mistake is not with the library itself, but a process flow/algorithmic ...
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Why do most HD wallets require choosing either all Segwit or all Legacy but Bitcoin Core can support both simultaneously?

Electrum and the mobile wallets I've used can only support one type of address per HD wallet, but Bitcoin Core can support both at the same time. Is that simply a choice that Bitcoin Core made or is ...
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Implement HD Walet Full Node

I have set up a full node on my server. Now, I want to make use of HD wallet methods? How I generate an address for admin - Master address How I generate addresses for customers - Child address ...
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Pass BTC from payment address to master address, when the payment address receives them

I am doing a cold wallet. How can I make that when a payment address receives a transfer, these BTCs go to the master address from which the payment one was derived?
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find bip32 seed from transaction

Based on my bip32 word list, I have a list of about 100k seed phrases that pass checksum and am trying to figure out my actual seed. Earlier, I was derivign the xpub key and searching the blockchain ...
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How to communicate with Bitcoin core 0.17 using bitcoinj for hd wallet creation?

Hi am building one hobby project and i want to perform some operations in my own bitcoin core 0.17 by using bitcoinj lib. so is there any way by which we can use bitcoin-core 0.17,bitcoinj for hd ...
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Which derivation paths are used by the Abra wallet?

Abra have stated in a reddit comment that their non-custodial HD wallet uses custom derivation paths to convert the user's BIP39 mnemonic seed into cryptocurrency address/key pairs. Has anyone figured ...
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undefined is not an object error when adding BIP39 to React Native

I have a React Native Project and it was worked correctly till I added bip39 package to the project. when i try to require bip39 in my component i get the below error. undefined is not an object (...
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Custom derivation path

Instead of using bip32 or bip44 paths what if I use a custom derivation path, For example: m/0/0/55/1/1/0 I am thinking even if the private key is exposed then can someone guess the derivation path ?...
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How do I get my master public key from a wallet?

If a HD wallet only gives me the 12 word mnemonic, how can one get the master public key?

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