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iancoleman / bip39

A web tool for converting BIP39 mnemonic codes
https://iancoleman.io/bip39/
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why changing Derivation Path changes BIP32 Root Key #648

Closed ccp42 closed 9 months ago

ccp42 commented 9 months ago

Dear Ian, I would like to know why, having a generated wallet with a seed phrase, then with the derivation path of BIP44 has the root key but this changes when choosing BIP49, BIP84... Shouldn't the root key remain unchanged with the same seed phrase no matter the changes in the derivation paths? Thank you. derivation BIP44: 1 derivation BIP49: 2

iancoleman commented 9 months ago

SLIP0132 explains the reason: https://github.com/satoshilabs/slips/blob/master/slip-0132.md#motivation

Happy to elaborate if there are more specific questions.

ccp42 commented 9 months ago

Thank you for answering. I am going to study it :D