BIP 44 - Specify that this BIP is not a central repository for regist…

…ered coin types. Provide links to the central repo.
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 ==Registered coin types==
 
-These are the registered coin types for usage in level 2 of BIP44 described in
-chapter "Coin type" above.
+These are the default registered coin types for usage in level 2 of BIP44
+described in chapter "Coin type" above.
 
 All these constants are used as hardened derivation.
 
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ All these constants are used as hardened derivation.
 |Bitcoin Testnet
 |}
 
+This BIP is not a central directory for the registered coin types, please
+visit Satoshi Labs that maintains the full list:
+
+[[http://doc.satoshilabs.com/slips/slip-0044.html|SLIP-0044 : Registered coin types for BIP-0044]]
+
+To register a new coin type, an existing wallet that implements the standard
+is required. This can be done [[https://github.com/satoshilabs/docs/blob/master/slips/slip-0044.rst|here]].
+
 ==Examples==
 
 {|