diff --git a/bip-p2sh-accounts.mediawiki b/bip-p2sh-accounts.mediawiki index 251f7682..60119270 100644 --- a/bip-p2sh-accounts.mediawiki +++ b/bip-p2sh-accounts.mediawiki @@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ To derive the P2SH address from the above calculated public key, we use the enca scriptPubKey: HASH160 <20-byte-script-hash> EQUAL (0xA914{20-byte-script-hash}87) +==Backwards Compatibility== + +This BIP is not backwards compatible by design as described under [#considerations]. A not compatible wallet will not discover accounts at all and the user will notice that something is wrong. + ==Test vectors== @@ -94,3 +98,7 @@ To derive the P2SH address from the above calculated public key, we use the enca * [[bip-0043.mediawiki|BIP43 - Purpose Field for Deterministic Wallets]] * [[bip-0044.mediawiki|BIP44 - Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets]] * [[bip-0141.mediawiki|BIP141 - Segregated Witness (Consensus layer)]] + +== Copyright == + +This document is placed in the public domain. \ No newline at end of file