Descriptors

Bitcoin Descriptors

A descriptor describes a Bitcoin wallet structure.

  • Receive descriptor derives receive addresses.
  • Change descriptor derives change addresses.
  • Snow-Fall can generate descriptors from signer public data.
  • Snow-Fall can also parse existing descriptors in advanced import mode.
  • Important safety notes:

  • Do not enter seed phrases.
  • Do not enter private keys.
  • Descriptors and xpub data are public metadata, but privacy-sensitive.
  • Example concept:

  • `wsh(sortedmulti(...))` describes a multisig script policy at a high level.