<p>I assume this question is about whether other people can tell whether there is a relationship between these two addresses:<br>
Just from the addresses, third parties cannot tell that the two addresses are related.</p>

<p>Third parties may be able to guess that they are associated by analysing the transaction graph, though.</p>

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2018-02-16T18:47:12.847Z
so, if there are no transaction between each other, we cannot tell they have any relationship even if we undergo chain analysis, right?
Ben
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2018-02-16T18:54:09.017Z
Correct. To third parties the two addresses appear completely unrelated.
Murch
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2018-02-16T18:30:07.003Z
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Murch
<p>Given that I have these two random generated bitcoin testnet addresses, could you tell if it is the bitcoin testnet, master node or derived nodes, if we discuss <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawiki#master-key-generation" rel="nofollow noreferrer">bip-0032 spec (Master key generation)</a>?</p>

<pre><code>**master node (m)**
mn6tBTqAigmknKMkpT82VYLy272mfXYdqF

**derived node (m/0/999999'/0)**
myt7MRuUpXRDL3ht5E1oiP3yrKkekCzc4S
</code></pre>

<address-generation><bip32-hd-wallets>
How could you differentiate if the bitcoin address is from master node or derived nodes?
Ben
# How could you differentiate if the bitcoin address is from master node or derived nodes?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-16)

Given that I have these two random generated bitcoin testnet addresses, could you tell if it is the bitcoin testnet, master node or derived nodes, if we discuss bip-0032 spec (Master key generation)?
**master node (m)**
mn6tBTqAigmknKMkpT82VYLy272mfXYdqF

**derived node (m/0/999999'/0)**
myt7MRuUpXRDL3ht5E1oiP3yrKkekCzc4S

**Tags:** address-generation, bip32-hd-wallets


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-16. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

I assume this question is about whether other people can tell whether there is a relationship between these two addresses:  
Just from the addresses, third parties cannot tell that the two addresses are related.

Third parties may be able to guess that they are associated by analysing the transaction graph, though.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: so, if there are no transaction between each other, we cannot tell they have any relationship even if we undergo chain analysis, right?  
> **username_1**: Correct. To third parties the two addresses appear completely unrelated.  

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