rich1.0npub1dtr22xd42nv07un2xq0rmtkqkjylgsmexau0anxxafa9xmmn2ncshu7wrshttps://nostr.ae/npub1dtr22xd42nv07un2xq0rmtkqkjylgsmexau0anxxafa9xmmn2ncshu7wrsnjumphttps://nostr.ae📅 Original date posted:2014-04-23 📝 Original message:On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 8:16:45 PM Pavol Rusnak wrote: > On 04/23/2014 10:09 PM, Luke-Jr wrote: > > Scan all branches for UTXOs, then you have the balance for the wallet. > > Account balances are metadata, so cannot be known from the seed alone. > > If you want to have a way to restore accounts, you must define some more > > detailed wallet file format (which could be built on top of this). > > I think one of the following is happening: > > a) you have not read the document > b) you don't understand what accounts are, because you have not read > the document > c) you don't understand how restoring accounts work, because you > have not read the document > d) you don't understand that accounts funds are not meant to be mixed > together, because you have not read the document > e) I got your emails wrong because I am not a native speaker, > but please read the the document ;-) You missed one: f) I missed the part where BIP 32 redefined "account" to mean "subwallet" instead of what has traditionally been called "account" in Bitcoin. :) In that case, single-subwallet wallet software probably needs to have the user provide a subwallet number in addition to the seed. Luke