[Bitcoin-development] BIP32 "wallet structure" in use? Remove it?

[Pieter Wuille]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Pavol Rusnak <stick at gk2.sk> wrote:
> On 04/26/2014 12:48 PM, Tier Nolan wrote:
>> Maybe the solution is to have a defined way to import an unknown wallet?
>
> That is nonsense. There is no way how to import the wallet if you don't
> know its structure.

I agree. Especially when multiple chains are combined (multisig) for
P2SH usage, defining things like a gap limit becomes impossible
without knowing some metadata.

However, perhaps it is possible to define something like "BIP44
import-compatible", meaning that the application doesn't actually
support all of BIP44 features, but does guarantee not losing any funds
when imported? Similar things could be done for other purpose types.

-- 
Pieter