Useful lookup of XPUBs in blockchain.info

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Jim Burton

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Dec 22, 2014, 12:55:56 PM12/22/14
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blockchain.info now supports searching by XPUB, which I am finding very useful in MultiBit HD development to crosscheck transactions.

CAVEAT: It's a serious leak of your privacy as an xpub gives ALL addresses in a wallet (or HD node tree).

Anyhow, with that out the way, you just have to put an xpub into the search box, e.g.:

Mike Hearn

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Dec 22, 2014, 1:00:29 PM12/22/14
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Thanks Jim. Useful to know about!

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Andreas Schildbach

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Dec 22, 2014, 2:37:16 PM12/22/14
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I found on my tests several weeks ago that balance was differing. It
seemed to me as if they're scanning for all possible paths, rather than
just one specific BIP.


On 12/22/2014 07:00 PM, Mike Hearn wrote:
> Thanks Jim. Useful to know about!
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Jim Burton <jim...@fastmail.co.uk
> <mailto:jim...@fastmail.co.uk>> wrote:
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> blockchain.info <http://blockchain.info> now supports searching by
> XPUB, which I am finding very useful in MultiBit HD development to
> crosscheck transactions.
>
> CAVEAT: It's a serious leak of your privacy as an xpub gives ALL
> addresses in a wallet (or HD node tree).
>
> Anyhow, with that out the way, you just have to put an xpub into the
> search box, e.g.:
>
> https://blockchain.info/xpub/xpub6CUGRUonZSQ4TWtTMmzXdrXDtypWKiKrhko4egpiMZbpiaQL2jkwSB1icqYh2cfDfVxdx4df189oLKnC5fSwqPfgyP3hooxujYzAu3fDVmz
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Oscar Guindzberg

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Dec 23, 2014, 11:15:09 AM12/23/14
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Do they support married wallets? ie several married xpubs ?
Oscar

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Andreas Schildbach

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Dec 23, 2014, 11:29:34 AM12/23/14
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I don't know. I think they need to announce the feature at some point,
and then we know.
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