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Hive digital currency wallet
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Documentation of the implementation of BIP39 >>BIP32 #165

Closed dabura667 closed 10 years ago

dabura667 commented 10 years ago

I am trying to convince all projects I am contributing to place simple information on their READMEs to assist users in restoring their funds.

My suggestion is the following:

  1. Read / contribute your feedback to the BIP0044 write-up, and keep it in mind for future projects. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0044.mediawiki
  2. Place BIP32 HD path information as well as any non-standard usage of other BIPs (39 especially) in the README under "Independent Wallet Restoration" or some other name to denote the methodology for restoring the wallet.

Seeing as the wallet is already out in the open, switching to BIP44 is not prudent, but definitely I think that all HD wallets should publish restoration info in their READMEs.

Please let me know what you think of this proposal.

Thank you.

weilu commented 10 years ago

@dabura667 I like your proposal. How's something like this for a start? https://github.com/hivewallet/hive-js/wiki/Technical-Specs

dabura667 commented 10 years ago

That's perfect!

Now if possible to add a small section to the README on root of the repository linking to it under a header "Independent Wallet Restoration." or something similar.

If it's too cluttersome then nevermind. Closing the issue, thanks!