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Since the asker tagged his question with "multibit-hd", it may be worth noting that Multibit also follows BIP44 and uses the same gap limit of 20.

Murch
– Murch ♦

2017-01-09 14:56:12 +00:00
Commented Jan 9, 2017 at 14:56
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@Murch It seemed to me that OP wanted to know how it works in general and just stated an example HD wallet. Anyways, regarding Multibit HD: In their gap limit explanation, they refer to BIP 44 and then link to this paragraph which states: "Address gap limit is currently set to 20. If the software hits 20 unused addresses in a row, it expects there are no used addresses beyond this point and stops searching the address chain. [...]"

UTF-8
– UTF-8

2017-01-09 15:01:03 +00:00
Commented Jan 9, 2017 at 15:01
Yes, that's the same page that I've linked to. The information should be added to the answer though, because probably the asker was interested in Multibit, or they wouldn't have added the tag after adding the more generic [deterministic] and [hd-wallet]. ;)

Murch
– Murch ♦

2017-01-09 15:02:26 +00:00
Commented Jan 9, 2017 at 15:02
Just to check my understanding, should the '28' in this answer read '26' ?

Crypto L Plate
– Crypto L Plate

2025-02-25 19:47:08 +00:00
Commented Feb 25 at 19:47
@CryptoLPlate No. Why would addresses number 26 and 27 get checked a second time?

UTF-8
– UTF-8

2025-03-03 15:05:04 +00:00
Commented Mar 3 at 15:05

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