docs/descriptors.md: Remove hardened marker in the path after xpub #20329

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  1. dgpv commented at 9:20 AM on November 6, 2020: contributor

    As described in "Key origin identification" section, a descriptor that has hardened derivation after xpub does not let you compute scripts without access to the corresponding private keys. Such a descriptor is practically useless.

    The text after the descriptor said "with child key 1'/2 of the specified xpub", and clearly an xpub cannot have "child key" with hardened derivation. Therefore it makes sense to fix this inconsistency to not confuse the reader of the doc

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  4. docs/descriptors.md: Remove hardened marker in the path after xpub
    As described in "Key origin identification" section, a descriptor
    that has hardened derivation after xpub does not let you compute scripts
    without access to the corresponding private keys. Such a descriptor is
    practically useless.
    
    The text after the descriptor said "with child key *1'/2* of the
    specified xpub", and clearly an xpub cannot have "child key" with
    hardened derivation. Therefore it makes sense to fix this inconsistency
    to not confuse the reader of the doc
    dc80a7d0b0
  5. fanquake added the label Docs on Nov 6, 2020
  6. fanquake requested review from achow101 on Nov 7, 2020
  7. sipa commented at 4:57 PM on November 19, 2020: member

    ACK

  8. MarcoFalke merged this on Nov 19, 2020
  9. MarcoFalke closed this on Nov 19, 2020

  10. sidhujag referenced this in commit cb400ed79e on Nov 19, 2020
  11. deadalnix referenced this in commit 734651c14c on Jan 11, 2022
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