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I'm curious if electrum fully support Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets (BIP32). I have seen in source code that some part of implementation is done. But there are also as I think some electrum specific algorithms.
So when I create new wallet in electrum will it be BIP32 compatible?
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BIP32 support is planned for Electrum version 2.0. The code is already there, but disabled.
You can find some features that were first planned for 2.0, but were included in a 1.9.8 release as the servers were being updated to a new important version so it was needed to apply some changes already to the client to put all in place for 2.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=518133.0
I have one additional question. You are saying "BIP32 (or a similar approach but not standard)" so BIP32 isn't the standard? – Adam – 2014-04-04T12:54:51.267
@Adam I've updated the answer with the latest update from devs. Electrum will use BIP32 standard for 2.0 version – rdymac – 2014-04-05T12:54:43.290
@rdymac Can you update the answer as of now. It's 2017 now so probably the new visitors to the question will be grateful to get an updated answer. – Prashant Prabhakar Singh – 2017-04-24T18:59:13.270
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related: What is the status of hierarchical deterministic wallets (BIP32)
– Murch – 2014-04-03T22:01:04.747Of course I have seen it before asking this question. :) – Adam – 2014-04-03T22:04:27.237