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Hierarchical deterministic wallets (or "HD Wallets") are wallets which can be shared partially or entirely with different systems, each with or without the ability to spend coins.

Hierarchical deterministic wallets (or "HD Wallets") are wallets which can be shared partially or entirely with different systems, each with or without the ability to spend coins. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawiki

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What is the difference between m/44'/60'/0'/0 and m/44'/60'/0'?

When linking MyEtherWallet with a hardware wallet, there is a dropdown to select the HD derivation path. I understand that m/44'/60'/0'/0 is the default. For some reason Ledger uses m/44'/60'/0'. I'm not sure what the missing /0 means in the context…
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Does ethereum wallets have HD addresses like Bitcoin? How do I generate my own seed?

Bitcoin has HD wallet addresses where you can generate a 12 word seed which generates all the addresses moving forward. Does Ethereum have something like this in the mist wallet? How can someone get the same affect of an HD seed where I can just…
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Is it possible to spend from multiple addresses and broadcast just one tx?

In bitcoin I can combine UTXO from multiple addresses into a single transaction. In Ethereum it seems that if I want to spend from multiple addresses I need to do N transactions. This makes HD wallets a bit expensive and impractical. Is there any…
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Generate / recover HD wallet with username/password only

Is there any way to generate HD wallet based on username/password combination only? I understand that I can easily generate and recreate the wallet in a deterministic way based on a mnemonic phrase (eg. with ethereumjs-wallet), but I don't want to…
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Need help to figure out HD paths , append byte and the network params for these coins:

I am making an HD wallet on Android. I plan to support all major tokens/coins out there. I have setup the base of HD wallets and am getting pub/priv xpub/xpriv keys at HD path. Imagine a function like: /* * M/44'/0'/0'/0/0 : BITCOIN MAIN NET …
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Lost coin during hard drive upgrade

I purchase one ether coin and sent it to my wallet stored on my apple computer. I bought a new computer and had them clone my hard drive and bring everything over to my new mac. My wallet is on the new computer, but the coin doesn't show up in my…
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Are HD wallet addresses accesible from just the public key?

In other words, can I infer the infinite number of addresses of an external HD wallet (an HD wallet that I do not own) from just its public key?
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ethers.js - How to derive child addresses + private keys from HD private key

I have a HD private key which I have derived from my mnemonic using the ethers library. I would now like to derive child addresses and corresponding private keys from it. Does anybody know how I can do this? This is how I have obtained the HD…
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Using HD wallet for exchange customer

I have an assignment from my prof to make an ethereum exchange. Is it possible to use HD wallet to generate multiple public address for all the customers? if so, what is the easiest implementation?
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How to keep track of nonces with HD Wallet Provider (or any other tools)?

I'm trying to send trades with a list of let's say 5 different addresses created with HDWallet Provider using a seed phrase (or mnemonic). I do want to know what is the current nonce of each of the addresses, is there an easy way to do this provided…
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