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Bitcoin => Development & Technical Discussion => Topic started by: cafucafucafu on May 16, 2015, 07:38:35 PM

Title: BIP32 maximum number of addresses?
Post by: cafucafucafu on May 16, 2015, 07:38:35 PM

I am a noob in this area.

How many addresses can be generated from a seed using BIP32?

Title: Re: BIP32 maximum number of addresses?
Post by: teukon on May 17, 2015, 04:42:49 AM

Quote from: cafucafucafu on May 16, 2015, 07:38:35 PM

I am a noob in this area.

How many addresses can be generated from a seed using BIP32?

I don't see any practical limit. Each node in the tree can have at most 2³² children but it seems you can just keep adding more and more levels as needed.