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"map_content": "This was from a post I made on my YouTube channel but thought it might be useful to some here. Simply put, I'm comparing two different ways to do wallets in web3 application building. \r\n\r\nBIP32/44 vs BRC42 \u2013 What's the Difference?\r\n\r\nBoth use elliptic curve cryptography and let you create many keys from one seed. But they work very differently:\r\n\r\n \u2022 BIP-32/44 builds a tree of keys from a master seed using fixed paths.\r\n \u2022 BRC-42 (BKDS) gives you keys based on context - like an invoice, contract, or session - not fixed paths.\r\n\r\nWith BRC42, as long as you use the same seed and the same context ID, you get the same key. You don\u2019t need to store derivation paths - just the context info that matters.\r\n\r\nNote: The word \u201cinvoice\u201d is used in the BRC-42 spec but it doesn\u2019t always mean a bill. It just means context. It could be anything that defines why the key exists.\r\n\r\nfurther learning on BRC42: https://bsv.brc.dev/key-derivation/0042",
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