<p>No. The gap limit only applies to the <code>/*</code> part at the end of the derivation paths. It is the result of the wallet software needing to guess how far to expand the <code>*</code> in order to look for your funds.</p>
<p>The <code>/1000000h</code> part of the derivation path is not automatically searched for, but imported/selected by the user, so the concern of gap limits does not apply.</p>

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Pieter Wuille
<p>For example, if I were to have a 2 of 2 multisig wallet constructed as follows:</p>
<pre><code>wsh(sortedmulti(2,[deadb33f/1000000h]xpub.../&lt;0;1&gt;/*,[deadb33f/0h/1000000]xpub.../&lt;0;1&gt;/*))
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<p>Would a standard wallet with a gap limit of 20 have trouble finding the balance because of the 1,000,000 index BEFORE the xpubs(assuming there are 100 sats at index xpub/0/0)?</p>

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Does Gap Limit Take into Account the Indexing of Master Keys?
Myles Sherman
# Does Gap Limit Take into Account the Indexing of Master Keys?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-10-16)

For example, if I were to have a 2 of 2 multisig wallet constructed as follows:
wsh(sortedmulti(2,[deadb33f/1000000h]xpub.../<0;1>/*,[deadb33f/0h/1000000]xpub.../<0;1>/*))

Would a standard wallet with a gap limit of 20 have trouble finding the balance because of the 1,000,000 index BEFORE the xpubs(assuming there are 100 sats at index xpub/0/0)?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-10-18. Score: 2

No. The gap limit only applies to the `/*` part at the end of the derivation paths. It is the result of the wallet software needing to guess how far to expand the `*` in order to look for your funds.

The `/1000000h` part of the derivation path is not automatically searched for, but imported/selected by the user, so the concern of gap limits does not apply.


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