<p>Yes, the auditing functionality relies on the non-hardened derivation.</p>

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2017-05-18T16:55:48.883Z
2017-05-18T16:55:48.883Z
Pieter Wuille
<p>Deterministic wallet described in BIP 32 has an auditing functionality by sharing the public parent key.</p>

<p><a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-guide#hierarchical-deterministic-key-creation" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-guide#hierarchical-deterministic-key-creation</a></p>

<p>But if I use the variant if the Hardened Keys the generation of the chain code depend also by the private parent key.
With this type of key the auditing functionalities fail?</p>

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Deterministic wallet audit ability
Bartok
# Deterministic wallet audit ability

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-05-18)

Deterministic wallet described in BIP 32 has an auditing functionality by sharing the public parent key.

<https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-guide#hierarchical-deterministic-key-creation>

But if I use the variant if the Hardened Keys the generation of the chain code depend also by the private parent key.
With this type of key the auditing functionalities fail?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-05-18. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Yes, the auditing functionality relies on the non-hardened derivation.


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