Restored my seed but some transactions are missing
You restored your seed expecting to see everything, but the balance looks incomplete and you’re not sure if something is lost.
The wallet **stops scanning after 20 unused addresses in a row**, so transactions can be missing even if the seed is correct.
What your wallet does when you restore it
When you restore a seed, the wallet derives addresses and looks for transactions on them. The BIP-44 standard sets when to stop: "Address gap limit is currently set to 20".
That means if it finds 20 unused addresses in a row, it assumes there’s nothing further and stops scanning.
Why you’re missing funds you know exist
If you used one address, then generated many addresses without receiving anything, and much later received on another, the wallet may never reach that last one.
The gap of unused addresses between them exceeds the limit, so the wallet only sees the first part of the story: some transactions appear, but not all.
What you can do to see what’s missing
Use a wallet that lets you raise the gap limit above 20. That way the scan continues until it finds the used addresses that are further out.
You don’t need to move funds or expose your seed anywhere: just adjust that setting and scan again.
This doesn’t mean your seed is wrong or your funds are gone
The gap limit is a scanning rule, not proof that the seed failed. If funds sit at an address derived from your seed, they’re still there; the wallet just needs to look further.
Source: BIP-44