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Re: Do invalid keys in BIP44 path matter?
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odolvlobo
on 13/07/2020, 21:32:32 UTC
⭐ Merited by HeRetiK (1) ,ETFbitcoin (1)
According to BIP-32, which is really what you are asking about:

Quote from: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawiki
In case parse256(IL) ≥ n or ki = 0, the resulting key is invalid, and one should proceed with the next value for i. (Note: this has probability lower than 1 in 2127 .)