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>m/##'/0'/99'/0'
>
>where 99 is the identifier for, say, counterparty


What is stopping you from using m/44'/9'/a'/c/i as descibed here:
http://doc.satoshilabs.com/slips/slip-0044.html

to avoid having an internal mapping from 9'-> 0' to find out what
blockchain to query, this sounds like it should be trivial for any wallet=
=2E