Hey Bitcoiners.

I’ve just published a new deep-dive I’ve been working on for a while: a full visual walkthrough of how Bitcoin HD wallets actually work.

If you’ve ever wondered how your seed phrase magically regenerates your entire wallet structure, this is for you.

👉 Hierarchical determinism: how Bitcoin’s HD wallets are born
https://bennet.org/learn/hierarchical-determinism-how-bitcoin-hd-wallets-are-born/

This guide builds on my earlier BIP39/entropy visualiser and takes things one step further. Any entropy generated using that previous guide carries over to this one, and the interactive components let you trace the seed through the entire derivation process.

If you spot anything confusing, or ideas for what you’d like to see next, reply to this email - I always enjoy hearing from you.

More Bitcoin guides coming soon.

Tom