proposing updates to docs/external-signer.md, specifically an explanation of how accounts are being used and examples of using the same device to create multiple wallets (motivation and discussion: #22635)
docs: add more examples and clarifications to external-signer.md #22678
issue josibake opened this issue on August 10, 2021-
josibake commented at 6:05 PM on August 10, 2021: contributor
- josibake added the label Feature on Aug 10, 2021
- josibake cross-referenced this on Aug 10, 2021 from issue createwallet allows you to create many wallets for the same external signer by josibake
- fanquake added the label Docs on Aug 12, 2021
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Sjors commented at 1:42 PM on August 12, 2021: member
I guess the term "create" wallet is a bit confusing. When plugging in a hardware wallet, the wallet already exists, you're just loading keys from it.
There is a BIP 32 account feature buried in ExternalSignerPubkeyMan, which we could expose through the RPC and GUI. That would let you manage multiple wallets with separate address spaces. In terms of compatibility, afaik at e.g. the Ledger standard wallet software also knows how to find these accounts.
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fanquake commented at 8:37 AM on August 9, 2022: member
If someone wants to add more examples to the external signing docs they can do so, but I don't think need to keep a "add more examples to X optional feature docs" issue open.
- fanquake closed this on Aug 9, 2022
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Rspigler commented at 2:22 AM on August 20, 2022: contributor
- Rspigler cross-referenced this on Aug 20, 2022 from issue doc: Clarify multiple wallets for same signer by Rspigler
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