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Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets

A path is purpose, coin type, account, change, and index. Accounts are separated so one seed can hold many identities without mixing their change.

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Authors: Marek Palatinus and Pavol Rusnak
Date: 2014
Publisher: Marek Palatinus and Pavol Rusnak
Version: Source cited by the 2014 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0197
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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A path is purpose, coin type, account, change, and index. Accounts are separated so one seed can hold many identities without mixing their change.

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Official source — BIP 44
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Canonical readingBIP 44 study
Related paperBIP 32
Related paperBIP 39

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Palatinus, M., & Rusnak, P. (2014). Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets. Marek Palatinus and Pavol Rusnak. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0044.mediawiki

BibTeX

@techreport{bip442014,
  title = {Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets},
  author = {Marek Palatinus and Pavol Rusnak},
  year = {2014},
  institution = {Marek Palatinus and Pavol Rusnak},
  url = {https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0044.mediawiki},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/bip44}
}

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PB  - Marek Palatinus and Pavol Rusnak
UR  - https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0044.mediawiki
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

CSL-JSON

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