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commit14498a760c9a8078c13915516d1aa5272d58048c authorGalen Wolfe-Pauly <galen@tlon.io> dateFri 9 Nov 2018, 12:46 (8 years ago) parentc2e0b46
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77# Constitution
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9−The [Urbit Constitution](https://github.com/urbit/constitution) is a suite of smart contracts that provide holders with
10−full control over their Urbit ships. These smart contracts are the foundations
11−of our PKI on the Ethereum blockchain.
9+The [Urbit Constitution](https://github.com/urbit/constitution) is a suite of smart contracts that manage the rules and ownership of the Urbit address space.
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11+Note: As of `~2018.11` these contracts are still being tested. In the future — Urbit will depend on these contracts to track ownership of Urbit assets.
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4−title: Cryptographic Storage
4+title: The Urbit HD Wallet
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7−# Cryptographic Storage
7+# The Urbit HD Wallet
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9−We've moved our public-key infrastructure to the Ethereum blockchain. This means
10−that Urbit ship-holders need to generate and secure Ethereum addresses
11−network, and so on. We are using a Type 1 chain of Type 2 hierarchical
12−deterministic (HD) wallets to mirror the affordances of ownership and proxy
13−rights. Our HD wallet solution is described in detail in
14−[this Urbit Proposal](https://github.com/urbit/fora-posts/blob/master/proposals/posts/~2018.11.8..19.31.59..ba77~.md)
9+On-chain Urbit assets can require main different keypairs for operation. To simplify this potentially complex process, we designed our own wallet specification. [This Urbit Proposal](https://github.com/urbit/fora-posts/blob/master/proposals/posts/~2018.11.8..19.31.59..ba77~.md) describes the spec in detail. There are no new cryptographic primitives: it's bascially a Type 2 HD wallet nested inside of a Type 1 HD wallet.
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11+Note: As of `~2018.11` Urbit assets are not yet deployed to the Ethereum blockchain. This wallet structure is not yet in use for managing live assets.