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+
+# wrote some code to parse the "key descriptor" in bitcoin-core 0.18 ... seems useful.
+
+    '''
+{'address': '2NDT3ymKZc8iMfbWqsNd1kmZckcuhixT5U4',
+'desc': "sh(wsh(multi(2,[cb336aef]02f9c33362e7c4d9d21e9145e1478a36f341f2f0cfe7055abe92380bb806d9ce78,[edd08053/0'/0'/38']02fe422967a84e5612975d16d7b7ad3ec6a34c691aa643d6d50b8440589bcad4cd)))#fm8wdgdw",
+'embedded': {'address': 'tb1qpcv2rkc003p5v8lrglrr6lhz2jg8g4qa9vgtrgkt0p5rteae5xtqn6njw9',
+          'hex': '522102f9c33362e7c4d9d21e9145e1478a36f341f2f0cfe7055abe92380bb806d9ce782102fe422967a84e5612975d16d7b7ad3ec6a34c691aa643d6d50b8440589bcad4cd52ae',
+          'isscript': True,
+          'iswitness': True,
+          'pubkeys': ['02f9c33362e7c4d9d21e9145e1478a36f341f2f0cfe7055abe92380bb806d9ce78',
+                      '02fe422967a84e5612975d16d7b7ad3ec6a34c691aa643d6d50b8440589bcad4cd'],
+          'script': 'multisig',
+          'scriptPubKey': '00200e18a1db0f7c43461fe347c63d7ee2549074541d2b10b1a2cb786835e7b9a196',
+          'sigsrequired': 2,
+          'witness_program': '0e18a1db0f7c43461fe347c63d7ee2549074541d2b10b1a2cb786835e7b9a196',
+          'witness_version': 0},
+'hex': '00200e18a1db0f7c43461fe347c63d7ee2549074541d2b10b1a2cb786835e7b9a196',
+'ischange': False,
+'ismine': False,
+'isscript': True,
+'iswatchonly': False,
+'iswitness': False,
+'label': 'sim-cosign',
+'labels': [{'name': 'sim-cosign', 'purpose': 'send'}],
+'script': 'witness_v0_scripthash',
+'scriptPubKey': 'a914dd9f26f478171e1509048c06d3d1e601de59fd6887',
+'solvable': True}
+'''
+    match = re.search(r"\[([0-9a-f]{8})/([0-9'/]+)\]([0-9a-f]{64,68})", info['desc'])
+    bc_xfp = match.group(1)
+    bc_deriv = 'm/' + match.group(2)
+    bc_pubkey = match.group(3)