From 4c1a26fb6013b7a400995f849540849d38c33089 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Grigg Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:50:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add ZIP 32 usage to release notes --- doc/release-notes.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index a29094b51..6cdd058ac 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -4,3 +4,16 @@ release-notes at release time) Notable changes =============== +Hierarchical Deterministic Key Generation for Sapling +----------------------------------------------------- +All Sapling addresses will use hierarchical deterministic key generation +according to ZIP 32 (keypath m/32'/133'/k' on mainnet). Transparent and +Sprout addresses will still use traditional key generation. + +Backups of HD wallets, regardless of when they have been created, can +therefore be used to re-generate all possible Sapling private keys, even the +ones which haven't already been generated during the time of the backup. +Regular backups are still necessary, however, in order to ensure that +transparent and Sprout addresses are not lost. + +[Pull request](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/3492), [ZIP 32](https://github.com/zcash/zips/blob/master/zip-0032.mediawiki)