Actually gap in parallel branches already fails with BIP64 as it starts with m/64'/…. without having m/63'

Regards,

Tamas Blummer
http://bitsofproof.com

On 26.04.2014, at 12:59, Tamas Blummer <tamas@bitsofproof.com> wrote:

> Yes, it is expensive but possible to discover any funds associated with a seed, provided there are set limits to:
> 
> 1. gap of address use (e.g. 20)
> 2. depth of hierarchy (e.g. 6)
> 3. gap in use of parallel branches (e.g. 0) 
> 
> I would pick the limits in brackets above. 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tamas Blummer
> http://bitsofproof.com
> 
> On 26.04.2014, at 12:48, Tier Nolan <tier.nolan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Maybe the solution is to have a defined way to import an unknown wallet?
>> 
>> This means that the gap space and a search ordering needs to be defined.
>> 
>> Given a blockchain and a root seed, it should be possible to find all the addresses for that root seed.
>> 
>> The hierarchy that the wallet actually uses could be anything.
>