0389 - Draft - Informational - July 26, 2022 (3 years, 11 months ago)
26
2022
BIP: 389
Layer: Applications
Title: Multipath Descriptor Key Expressions
Author: Ava Chow <[email protected]>
Comments-Summary: No comments yet.
Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP 389
Status: Draft
Type: Informational
Created: 2022-07-26
License: BSD-2-Clause
Requires: 380This document specifies a modification to Key Expressions of Descriptors that are described in BIP 380. This modification allows Key Expressions to indicate BIP 32 derivation path steps that can have multiple values.
This BIP is licensed under the BSD 2-clause license.
Descriptors can describe the scripts that are used in a wallet, but wallets often require at least two descriptors for all of the scripts that they watch for. Wallets typically have one descriptor for producing receiving addresses, and the other for change addresses. These descriptors are often extremely similar - they produce the same types of scripts, derive keys from the same master key, and use derivation paths that are almost identical. The only differences are in the derivation path where one of the steps will be different between the descriptors. Thus it is useful to have a notation to represent both descriptors as a single descriptor where one of the derivation steps is a pair of values.
For extended keys and their derivations paths in a Key Expression, BIP 380 states:
xpub
encoded extended public key or
xprv
encoded extended private key (as defined in BIP 32)
/NUM
or
/NUMh
path elements indicating BIP 32 derivation steps to be taken after the
given extended key.
/*
or
/*h
final step to denote all direct unhardened or hardened children.
This is modified to state:
xpub
encoded extended public key or
xprv
encoded extended private key (as defined in BIP 32)
/NUM
(may be followed by
h
,
H
, or
'
to indicate a hardened
step) path elements indicating BIP 32 derivation steps to be taken after
the given extended key.
/<NUM;NUM
(each
NUM
may be followed by
h
,
H
, or
'
to indicate a hardened step) path element indicating a
tuple of BIP 32 derivation steps to be taken after the given extended
key.
;NUM
(may be followed by
h
,
H
, or
'
to indicate a hardened
step) additional tuple values of BIP 32 derivation steps
>/
/NUM
(may be followed by
h
,
H
, or
'
to indicate a hardened
step) path elements indicating BIP 32 derivation steps to be taken after
the given extended key.
/*
(may be followed by
h
,
H
, or
'
to indicate a hardened
step) final step to denote all direct unhardened or hardened
children.
When a
/<NUM;NUM;...;NUM>
is encountered, parsers
should account for a presence of multiple descriptors where the first
descriptor uses the first
NUM
, and a second descriptor uses
the second
NUM
, and so on, until each
NUM
is
accounted for in the production of public keys, scripts, and addresses,
as well as descriptor import and export operations. Descriptors that
contain multiple Key Expressions that each have a
/<NUM;NUM;...;NUM>
must have tuples of exactly the
same length so that they are derived in lockstep in the same way that
/*
paths in multiple Key expressions are handled. Duplicate
NUM
s within a tuple are not allowed.
The common use case for this is to represent descriptors for
producing receiving and change addresses. When interpreting for this use
case, wallets should use the first descriptor for producing receiving
addresses, and the second descriptor for producing change addresses. For
this use case, the element will commonly be the value
/<0;1>
Note that only one
/<NUM;NUM;...;NUM>
specifier is
allowed in a Key Expression.
Valid multipath descriptors followed by the descriptors they expand into as sub-bullets
pk(xpub68NZiKmJWnxxS6aaHmn81bvJeTESw724CRDs6HbuccFQN9Ku14VQrADWgqbhhTHBaohPX4CjNLf9fq9MYo6oDaPPLPxSb7gwQN3ih19Zm4Y/<0;1>)
pk(xpub68NZiKmJWnxxS6aaHmn81bvJeTESw724CRDs6HbuccFQN9Ku14VQrADWgqbhhTHBaohPX4CjNLf9fq9MYo6oDaPPLPxSb7gwQN3ih19Zm4Y/0)
pk(xpub68NZiKmJWnxxS6aaHmn81bvJeTESw724CRDs6HbuccFQN9Ku14VQrADWgqbhhTHBaohPX4CjNLf9fq9MYo6oDaPPLPxSb7gwQN3ih19Zm4Y/1)
pkh(xprv9s21ZrQH143K31xYSDQpPDxsXRTUcvj2iNHm5NUtrGiGG5e2DtALGdso3pGz6ssrdK4PFmM8NSpSBHNqPqm55Qn3LqFtT2emdEXVYsCzC2U/<2147483647h;0>/0)
pkh(xprv9s21ZrQH143K31xYSDQpPDxsXRTUcvj2iNHm5NUtrGiGG5e2DtALGdso3pGz6ssrdK4PFmM8NSpSBHNqPqm55Qn3LqFtT2emdEXVYsCzC2U/2147483647h/0)
pkh(xprv9s21ZrQH143K31xYSDQpPDxsXRTUcvj2iNHm5NUtrGiGG5e2DtALGdso3pGz6ssrdK4PFmM8NSpSBHNqPqm55Qn3LqFtT2emdEXVYsCzC2U/0/0)
wpkh([ffffffff/13h]xpub69H7F5d8KSRgmmdJg2KhpAK8SR3DjMwAdkxj3ZuxV27CprR9LgpeyGmXUbC6wb7ERfvrnKZjXoUmmDznezpbZb7ap6r1D3tgFxHmwMkQTPH/<1;3>/2/*
wpkh([ffffffff/13h]xpub69H7F5d8KSRgmmdJg2KhpAK8SR3DjMwAdkxj3ZuxV27CprR9LgpeyGmXUbC6wb7ERfvrnKZjXoUmmDznezpbZb7ap6r1D3tgFxHmwMkQTPH/1/2/*)
wpkh([ffffffff/13h]xpub69H7F5d8KSRgmmdJg2KhpAK8SR3DjMwAdkxj3ZuxV27CprR9LgpeyGmXUbC6wb7ERfvrnKZjXoUmmDznezpbZb7ap6r1D3tgFxHmwMkQTPH/3/2/*)
multi(2,xpub6ERApfZwUNrhLCkDtcHTcxd75RbzS1ed54G1LkBUHQVHQKqhMkhgbmJbZRkrgZw4koxb5JaHWkY4ALHY2grBGRjaDMzQLcgJvLJuZZvRcEL/<1;2>/*,xpub68NZiKmJWnxxS6aaHmn81bvJeTESw724CRDs6HbuccFQN9Ku14VQrADWgqbhhTHBaohPX4CjNLf9fq9MYo6oDaPPLPxSb7gwQN3ih19Zm4Y/<3;4>/0/*)
multi(2,xpub6ERApfZwUNrhLCkDtcHTcxd75RbzS1ed54G1LkBUHQVHQKqhMkhgbmJbZRkrgZw4koxb5JaHWkY4ALHY2grBGRjaDMzQLcgJvLJuZZvRcEL/1/*,xpub68NZiKmJWnxxS6aaHmn81bvJeTESw724CRDs6HbuccFQN9Ku14VQrADWgqbhhTHBaohPX4CjNLf9fq9MYo6oDaPPLPxSb7gwQN3ih19Zm4Y/3/0/*)
multi(2,xpub6ERApfZwUNrhLCkDtcHTcxd75RbzS1ed54G1LkBUHQVHQKqhMkhgbmJbZRkrgZw4koxb5JaHWkY4ALHY2grBGRjaDMzQLcgJvLJuZZvRcEL/2/*,xpub68NZiKmJWnxxS6aaHmn81bvJeTESw724CRDs6HbuccFQN9Ku14VQrADWgqbhhTHBaohPX4CjNLf9fq9MYo6oDaPPLPxSb7gwQN3ih19Zm4Y/4/0/*)
pkh(xpub661MyMwAqRbcFW31YEwpkMuc5THy2PSt5bDMsktWQcFF8syAmRUapSCGu8ED9W6oDMSgv6Zz8idoc4a6mr8BDzTJY47LJhkJ8UB7WEGuduB/<0;1;2>)
pkh(xpub661MyMwAqRbcFW31YEwpkMuc5THy2PSt5bDMsktWQcFF8syAmRUapSCGu8ED9W6oDMSgv6Zz8idoc4a6mr8BDzTJY47LJhkJ8UB7WEGuduB/0)
pkh(xpub661MyMwAqRbcFW31YEwpkMuc5THy2PSt5bDMsktWQcFF8syAmRUapSCGu8ED9W6oDMSgv6Zz8idoc4a6mr8BDzTJY47LJhkJ8UB7WEGuduB/1)
pkh(xpub661MyMwAqRbcFW31YEwpkMuc5THy2PSt5bDMsktWQcFF8syAmRUapSCGu8ED9W6oDMSgv6Zz8idoc4a6mr8BDzTJY47LJhkJ8UB7WEGuduB/2)
sh(multi(2,xpub6ERApfZwUNrhLCkDtcHTcxd75RbzS1ed54G1LkBUHQVHQKqhMkhgbmJbZRkrgZw4koxb5JaHWkY4ALHY2grBGRjaDMzQLcgJvLJuZZvRcEL/<1;2;3>/0/*,xpub68NZiKmJWnxxS6aaHmn81bvJeTESw724CRDs6HbuccFQN9Ku14VQrADWgqbhhTHBaohPX4CjNLf9fq9MYo6oDaPPLPxSb7gwQN3ih19Zm4Y/0/*,xpub661MyMwAqRbcGDZQUKLqmWodYLcoBQnQH33yYkkF3jjxeLvY8qr2wWGEWkiKFaaQfJCoi3HeEq3Dc5DptfbCyjD38fNhSqtKc1UHaP4ba3t/0/0/<3;4;5>/*))
sh(multi(2,xpub6ERApfZwUNrhLCkDtcHTcxd75RbzS1ed54G1LkBUHQVHQKqhMkhgbmJbZRkrgZw4koxb5JaHWkY4ALHY2grBGRjaDMzQLcgJvLJuZZvRcEL/1/0/*,xpub68NZiKmJWnxxS6aaHmn81bvJeTESw724CRDs6HbuccFQN9Ku14VQrADWgqbhhTHBaohPX4CjNLf9fq9MYo6oDaPPLPxSb7gwQN3ih19Zm4Y/0/*,xpub661MyMwAqRbcGDZQUKLqmWodYLcoBQnQH33yYkkF3jjxeLvY8qr2wWGEWkiKFaaQfJCoi3HeEq3Dc5DptfbCyjD38fNhSqtKc1UHaP4ba3t/0/0/3/*))
sh(multi(2,xpub6ERApfZwUNrhLCkDtcHTcxd75RbzS1ed54G1LkBUHQVHQKqhMkhgbmJbZRkrgZw4koxb5JaHWkY4ALHY2grBGRjaDMzQLcgJvLJuZZvRcEL/2/0/*,xpub68NZiKmJWnxxS6aaHmn81bvJeTESw724CRDs6HbuccFQN9Ku14VQrADWgqbhhTHBaohPX4CjNLf9fq9MYo6oDaPPLPxSb7gwQN3ih19Zm4Y/0/*,xpub661MyMwAqRbcGDZQUKLqmWodYLcoBQnQH33yYkkF3jjxeLvY8qr2wWGEWkiKFaaQfJCoi3HeEq3Dc5DptfbCyjD38fNhSqtKc1UHaP4ba3t/0/0/4/*))
sh(multi(2,xpub6ERApfZwUNrhLCkDtcHTcxd75RbzS1ed54G1LkBUHQVHQKqhMkhgbmJbZRkrgZw4koxb5JaHWkY4ALHY2grBGRjaDMzQLcgJvLJuZZvRcEL/3/0/*,xpub68NZiKmJWnxxS6aaHmn81bvJeTESw724CRDs6HbuccFQN9Ku14VQrADWgqbhhTHBaohPX4CjNLf9fq9MYo6oDaPPLPxSb7gwQN3ih19Zm4Y/0/*,xpub661MyMwAqRbcGDZQUKLqmWodYLcoBQnQH33yYkkF3jjxeLvY8qr2wWGEWkiKFaaQfJCoi3HeEq3Dc5DptfbCyjD38fNhSqtKc1UHaP4ba3t/0/0/5/*))
Invalid descriptors
pkh(xprv9s21ZrQH143K31xYSDQpPDxsXRTUcvj2iNHm5NUtrGiGG5e2DtALGdso3pGz6ssrdK4PFmM8NSpSBHNqPqm55Qn3LqFtT2emdEXVYsCzC2U/<0;1>/<2;3>)
pkh([deadbeef/<0;1>]xpub661MyMwAqRbcFW31YEwpkMuc5THy2PSt5bDMsktWQcFF8syAmRUapSCGu8ED9W6oDMSgv6Zz8idoc4a6mr8BDzTJY47LJhkJ8UB7WEGuduB/0)
tr(xpub661MyMwAqRbcF3yVrV2KyYetLMYA5mCbv4BhrKwUrFE9LZM6JRR1AEt8Jq4V4C8LwtTke6YEEdCZqgXp85YRk2j74EfJKhe3QybQ9kcUjs4/<6;7;8;9>/*,{pk(xpub6ERApfZwUNrhLCkDtcHTcxd75RbzS1ed54G1LkBUHQVHQKqhMkhgbmJbZRkrgZw4koxb5JaHWkY4ALHY2grBGRjaDMzQLcgJvLJuZZvRcEL/<1;2;3>/0/*),pk(xpub661MyMwAqRbcGDZQUKLqmWodYLcoBQnQH33yYkkF3jjxeLvY8qr2wWGEWkiKFaaQfJCoi3HeEq3Dc5DptfbCyjD38fNhSqtKc1UHaP4ba3t/0/0/<3;4;5>/*)})
sh(multi(2,xprvA1RpRA33e1JQ7ifknakTFpgNXPmW2YvmhqLQYMmrj4xJXXWYpDPS3xz7iAxn8L39njGVyuoseXzU6rcxFLJ8HFsTjSyQbLYnMpCqE2VbFWc/<1;2;3>/0/*,xprv9uPDJpEQgRQfDcW7BkF7eTya6RPxXeJCqCJGHuCJ4GiRVLzkTXBAJMu2qaMWPrS7AANYqdq6vcBcBUdJCVVFceUvJFjaPdGZ2y9WACViL4L/0/*,xprv9s21ZrQH143K3jUwNHoqQNrtzJnJmx4Yup8NkNLdVQCymYbPbJXnPhwkfTfxZfptcs3rLAPUXS39oDLgrNKQGwbGsEmJJ8BU3RzQuvShEG4/0/0/<3;4>/*))
wpkh(xpub661MyMwAqRbcFW31YEwpkMuc5THy2PSt5bDMsktWQcFF8syAmRUapSCGu8ED9W6oDMSgv6Zz8idoc4a6mr8BDzTJY47LJhkJ8UB7WEGuduB/<>/*)
wpkh(xpub661MyMwAqRbcFW31YEwpkMuc5THy2PSt5bDMsktWQcFF8syAmRUapSCGu8ED9W6oDMSgv6Zz8idoc4a6mr8BDzTJY47LJhkJ8UB7WEGuduB/0>/*)
wpkh(xpub661MyMwAqRbcFW31YEwpkMuc5THy2PSt5bDMsktWQcFF8syAmRUapSCGu8ED9W6oDMSgv6Zz8idoc4a6mr8BDzTJY47LJhkJ8UB7WEGuduB/<0/*)
wpkh(xpub661MyMwAqRbcFW31YEwpkMuc5THy2PSt5bDMsktWQcFF8syAmRUapSCGu8ED9W6oDMSgv6Zz8idoc4a6mr8BDzTJY47LJhkJ8UB7WEGuduB/<0;>/*)
This is an addition to the Key Expressions defined in BIP 380. Key Expressions using the format described in BIP 380 are compatible with this modification and parsers that implement this will still be able to parse such descriptors. However as this is an addition to Key Expressions, older parsers will not be able to understand such descriptors.
This modification to Key Expressions uses two new characters:
<
and
;
. These are part of the descriptor
character set and so are covered by the checksum algorithm. As these are
previously unused characters, old parsers will not accidentally mistake
them for indicating something else.
This proposal is in contrast to similar proposals such as BIP 88 which allow for multiple derivation indexes in a single element. This limitation exists in order to reduce the number of descriptors that are expanded, avoid confusion about how to expand the descriptor, and avoid having expanded descriptors that users are not expecting.