1 2017-02-21 00:10:53 <ruby32> I'm looking at the bip32 spec on github. Was this something that needed to be forked into the Bitcoin codebase? Or is it simply a protocol for external apps to create private keys/wallets with greater functionality?
2 2017-02-21 00:11:15 <ruby32> In other words, was bitcoin changed at all to enable bip32 to be used, or is it something that worked without changes to bitcoin's core code?
3 2017-02-21 00:11:21 <ruby32> (Trying to understand how it works technically).
4 2017-02-21 00:20:16 <achow101> ruby32: bip32 is not related to any consensus rules, so it does not need a fork
5 2017-02-21 00:20:56 <ruby32> Got it. I'm doing some reading now. Seems like Bitcoin core added bip32 wallet functionality, before that, you had to use a specific bip32-enabled wallet to use it.
6 2017-02-21 00:21:28 <achow101> you still need to use a bip32 enabled wallet to use bip32 hd wallets. just because it is in core does not mean that every wallet uses bip32
7 2017-02-21 00:23:30 <ruby32> Yes, this makes sense now.