Historical retrospective · Bitcoin
BIP 84 defined wallet paths for native SegWit accounts
BIP 84 documents a derivation-path convention for native SegWit P2WPKH accounts.
A dedicated path helps compatible wallets distinguish native SegWit keys from earlier account formats while using the same underlying seed.
The proposal shows how wallet standards evolve alongside transaction formats, enabling lower-overhead address types to become easier to recover.
Before restoring a wallet, users should confirm both the seed and the derivation path expected by the software.
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