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| -rw-r--r-- | src/wallet.js | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/wallet.js b/src/wallet.js index 04f303a..21fbcf2 100644 --- a/src/wallet.js +++ b/src/wallet.js @@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ import { p2wpkh } from '@scure/btc-signer/payment'; import { Api, pool } from './api.js'; -const GAP_LIMIT = 20; // BIP44 standard gap limit +// The BIP44 standard gap limit is 20, but that means ~40 address lookups per +// scan. We can safely use a much smaller limit because this wallet only ever +// exposes ONE unused receive address at a time (freshReceive = first unused; +// there is no "generate another address" button). That keeps used addresses +// contiguous, so the gap between them is never more than 1 — a limit of 5 is a +// comfortable safety margin while cutting scan requests ~4x. +const GAP_LIMIT = 5; const NETS = { mainnet: { net: btc.NETWORK, coin: 0 }, |