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registered purposes #1754

Closed 8de2fdb0 closed 2 weeks ago

8de2fdb0 commented 2 weeks ago

I can't find any place that has a extensive list of taken BIP43 purposes. It seems there are not too many and maybe there isn't really a need.

I searched through the BIPS and SLIPS issues and PR's and couldn't find anything related.

I could find https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/523, that does make a good point about BIP44 not being suited for account based blockchain implementations. But the reality is that a lot of wallets that support HD schemes and BIP39 backups use BIP44.

Adding a purpose registry can maybe allow other developers to come up with a better scheme for account based blockchains in the future, and would potentially prevent anyone using a already taken purpose or interpreting it wrong.

I be willing to put in a MR for that if the reviewers of this repository share the opinion that a registry for purposes similar to SLIP44 for coins will be a good place for reference for wallet implementations.

prusnak commented 2 weeks ago

I be willing to put in a MR

OK, let's discuss in the MR you create.