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Wallet Policies for Descriptor Wallets

BIP 388, Wallet Policies for Descriptor Wallets. Software wallets and hardware signing devices typically partition funds into separate "accounts".

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Authors: Salvatore Ingala
Date: 2023
Publisher: Salvatore Ingala
Version: Source cited by the 2023 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0287
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
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BIP 388, Wallet Policies for Descriptor Wallets. Software wallets and hardware signing devices typically partition funds into separate "accounts".

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Ingala, S. (2023). Wallet Policies for Descriptor Wallets. Salvatore Ingala. https://bips.dev/388

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@techreport{bip3882023,
  title = {Wallet Policies for Descriptor Wallets},
  author = {Salvatore Ingala},
  year = {2023},
  institution = {Salvatore Ingala},
  url = {https://bips.dev/388},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/bip-388}
}

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