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Ethereum hierarchy for deterministic wallets

ERC 601, Ethereum hierarchy for deterministic wallets. A logical hierarchy for deterministic wallets based on BIP32, the purpose scheme defined in BIP43 and eip-draft-ethereum-purpose.

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Authors: Nick Johnson , Micah Zoltu
Date: 2017
Publisher: Nick Johnson , Micah Zoltu
Version: Source cited by the 2017 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0388
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
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ERC 601, Ethereum hierarchy for deterministic wallets. A logical hierarchy for deterministic wallets based on BIP32, the purpose scheme defined in BIP43 and eip-draft-ethereum-purpose.

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Johnson, N., & Zoltu, M. (2017). Ethereum hierarchy for deterministic wallets. Nick Johnson , Micah Zoltu. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-601

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@techreport{erc6012017,
  title = {Ethereum hierarchy for deterministic wallets},
  author = {Nick Johnson , Micah Zoltu},
  year = {2017},
  institution = {Nick Johnson , Micah Zoltu},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-601},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/erc-601}
}

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