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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:42:30 +0200
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From: Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>
To: Pavol Rusnak <stick@gk2.sk>
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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] New BIP32 structure
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On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Pavol Rusnak <stick@gk2.sk> wrote:
> On 04/23/2014 11:22 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>> Hopefully it would be clarified as only a MUST NOT do so silently...
>> "I have funds split across two wallets and it WONT LET ME SPEND THEM"
>> sounds like a terrible user experience. :)
>
> That is a subjective matter. To me it makes PERFECT SENSE that funds
> across accounts NEVER MIX. One can still send funds from one account to
> another and then perform another spend.

In that case, maybe it makes sense to define another purpose id
without accounts as well already.

I believe many simple wallets will find multiple subwallets too
burdening for the user experience, or not worth the technical
complexity.

-- 
Pieter