Questions tagged [script]
This tag should be used for questions regarding Bitcoin transaction scripts or scripting languages used in transactions of altcoins such as Solidity. Scripts are a set of instructions on how to complete a transaction.
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How is a Transaction ID generated & when does it change? (with a new sequence ID?)
I'm creating a non-mainstream client that processes and validates Bitcoin transactions and need to track transactions in my database.
How is the TxID generated and when does it change?
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OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY . Include / reject or will not included in block?
What happened if I translate to network transaction with the folowing redeem script:
[now + 3 months] CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY DROP
DUP HASH160 [Bob's Public Key Hash] EQUALVERIFY CHECKSIG
This tx will ...
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Is it safe to store bitcoins on p2sh (no multisig)?
I've just generated p2sh btc address and look in the output script:
HASH160 PUSHDATA(20)[e5c32bdc7f7fb1e6ae7aa1baf42a429803054d2c] EQUALVERIFY
while normal (legacy btc address) transaction has ...
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scriptcode, scriptsig, pubkeyscript confusion
I've been banging my head on a desk for a few days trying to understand the segwit protocol properly.
Another roadblock has thrown me off-guard and I am struggling to grasp the concept of "scriptCode:...
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How are blocks verified?
I see in the bitcoin wiki there is something called "script" which compiles down to some bytecode to be run by a very very basic virtual machine.
Does this mean that each block is actually just a ...
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Finding Transactions with seldom used opcodes for testing
I'm trying to implement a script evaluator and would like to get some real testing data from the blockchain (testnet or mainnet). Are there transactions whose input scriptSigs combined with the ...
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Is it posible to create a transaction output that can either be reddemed by privK of Addr A or by privK of Addr B AFTER certain blockheight?
I am thinking about how to secure your Bitcoin savings.
One idea I had was to create sort of a "backup" address B for an address A which stores the bitcoins. So what I want to achieve is that you ...
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Is it possible to write a script, which can allow spend only own inputs except all of them?
Let's imagine:
We have just one BTC address.
Users send some coins to this shared address. And can spend only own inputs.
P.S. If someone can provide some example script for this I'll be very ...
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Is there any way to make an UTXO that cannot be spent until a certain block #?
In bitcoin, each transaction has an nLockTime integer to specify the earliest allowed block number/time that the transaction can be added to the blockchain. In addition, each transaction input has an ...
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Is sha-1 used in Bitcoin?
The Bitcoin scripting language has OP_SHA1 as one of its opcodes. However, I'm not able to find any usage of this opcode (it is not used in any standard scripts nor in any other procedures such as ...
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One more question about scripting
Is it possible to write a script that would allow withdrawal of money only to a specific address?
Is it possible to write a script that would allow withdrawal only specific amount?
Any examples ? ...
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Getting Started With Script
I would like to manually write a few locking and unlocking scripts to get a deeper feel for that part of the network. What is the simplest step-by-step set of instructions to set up everything needed ...
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How to get addresses from scriptPubKey in segwit transactions?
I'm running through raw transaction data, and I'd like to be able to gather addresses (where possible).
So far, I've made this diagram to help me understand when it's possible to figure out addresses ...
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Locktime requirement not satisfied when locktime set to 1 in p2sh
I've created the following script on testnet:
OP_IF
2 <pubkey1> <pubkey2> <pubkey3> 3
OP_CHECKMULTISIG
OP_ELSE
1 OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY
OP_DROP
<pubkey1&...
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Trying to get a deeper understanding of atomic swaps
I'm an IT-student and writing a thesis about atomic swaps on BTC and BTC-like blockchains. For the thesis I decided to use BTC, LTC, BCH and DCR. These chains have a somehow similar codebase and the ...
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When do scripts executed?
Can anyone explain when does a script executed exactly? There are several information about "how scripts are executed" but no information about "when".
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How does P2SH unlocking work?
"Mastering Bitcoin" by Antonopoulos in its P2SH section describes how the unlocking and locking scripts are executed and evaluated by nodes. The author gives this as example of an unlocking script:
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What is the purpose of the script like RETURN PUSHDATA(36)(…)
The example is in here:
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/63910fdfa84db96bd1f28fead4c32f97388d5368c10059d035aac3c5f72fcdc0
Actually, there are two outputs
DUP HASH160 PUSHDATA(20)[...
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How OP_CHECKSIG knows the source of sig in pay to pubkey hash transaction
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script#Standard_Transaction_to_Bitcoin_address_.28pay-to-pubkey-hash.29
The last step of pay to pubkey hash transaction is to check the signature of the previous ...
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Differences/similarities of “Bitcoin script” and “Ethereum smart contract”?
Can we compare Bitcoin script and Ethereum smart contract ?
And if yes,
What are differences/similarities of Bitcoin script and Ethereum smart contract in sense of functionality, architecture and ...
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What redeem script is used in bitcoin core wallet when generate the address?
I'm trying to generate the address 38DGj87axzmQiZeAd1w1y5FEmuu5a7pfBa in my bitcoin core wallet with code.
First, I dump the private key from the address, then I calculate the address from the ...
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Segwit versioning limitations
Currently my understanding is that if new version of Segwit script is introduced, you are free to create whatever crazy rules you want there as long as they do not go against any valid consensus rules....
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what if a coin is spendable by multiple keys?
it seems like the scripting language could allow multiple private keys to spend a coin?
what if i send a coin to someone, but also allow it to be spendable by me. would their wallet still show they ...
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API for montly and weekly averages
Bitcoinwisdom shows in their charts lines for weekly and montly averages. Are these numbers somewhere available in an API? If so, one could setup an automated strategy for trading BTC based on this ...
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During Bitcoin Script execution, what is the significance of the signature verification in the stack?
During execution of the script i.e. ScriptSig + ScriptPub , the last step is the verification of the Signature against the public key provided by the recipient. How does this work and what is the ...
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Bitcoin's script expressivity
I'm conscious that Bitcoin's script is not turing complete, as multiple answers point out (e.g., this answer and this one). But I'm wondering if script can express the language of a PDA or ...
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Why is the output address a list in RPC/console?
Vout contains a list of addresses, which I noticed to be always with size = 1, if it exists. The following is an example from Bitcoin Testnet:
{
"value": 0.91840581,
"n": 2,
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Why does pay to pubkey hash contain OP_CHECKSIG at the end instead of beginning?
According to the bitcoin wiki, the most common form of transaction (pay-to-pubkey-hash) looks like this:
scriptPubKey: OP_DUP OP_HASH160 <pubKeyHash> OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG
scriptSig: <...
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What's the use of not relaying non-standard transactions if anyone can still use them using P2SH?
It seems that non-standard transactions are not normally relayed because there is a concern this might break the network or it might make future upgrades harder.
But anyone can use these non-standard ...
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Bitcoin transaction scripts : does ScriptSig or ScriptPubkey run first? [duplicate]
I'm confused as to the order regarding which script is run. For examples sake: say I want to spend 1 Bitcoin which was given to me by Alice in a single transaction of value 1 Bitcoin. I understand ...
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P2SH signature verification in python
I am trying to understand and verify P2SH script by writing a python code to parse real transaction in blockchain. I have chosen below Transaction randomly.
TxID: ...
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Addresses field in ScriptPubkey
"txid": "055f9c6dc094cf21fa224e1eb4a54ee3cc44ae9daa8aa47f98df5c73c48997f9",
"hash": "055f9c6dc094cf21fa224e1eb4a54ee3cc44ae9daa8aa47f98df5c73c48997f9",
"version": 1,
"size": 433,
"vsize": 433,
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Why do I get 5 bytes worth of 0x00 hex values in both outputs?
From the hex generated by the createrawtransaction command, I understand that the following is the output value:
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Breaking down the hex value for output 1
Within the hex generated by createrawtransaction, I am trying to understand the output 1 hex.
The output 1 hex I have is:
76a914ab68025513c3dbd2f7b92a94e0581f5d50f654e788ac
Spacing out the ...
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Parse scripts to extract address [duplicate]
I want to parse a script with c++ to gain an output address from it.
can anybody introduce a suitable library or a sample code which extract addresses from scripts ?
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Working example of raw transaction utilising Boolean (OP_IF, OP_ENDIF) scripting REQUIRED
I recently posted this Testnet TX (TxID 2d0daa01da8294a54178f8111eb2a02010c425fd15957d8baee8717edcfbe105) which successfully spends an output (TxID ...
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Extract output address from raw script in bitcoin protocol
I'm working on bitcoin protocol and exactly i want to extract raw script from output script to gain address from tx messages.
for common scripts, like scripts start with 0x76(means OP_DUP), we can ...
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unknown output script in a sample bitcoin pcap file
I start working on bitcoin protocol to extract output addresses from scripts in tx structures. Now in can produce some valid bitcoin address but some scripts are not familiar in op_code lists ...
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Bitcoin RIPEMD160 purpose
Bitcoin uses RIPEMD160 on top of SHA256. Is its sole purpose to make public key address shorter or does it strengthen security in any way?
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Why is OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY disabled by maximum sequence number?
In the code for OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY i noticed that if the txin sequence number is maxxed out then the script will fail to validate. I'm wondering what the point of this is? Why would anybody ever ...
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Why is this script invalid, and how can I generate valid public key/digital signature pairs?
Why does the default P2PKH transaction at http://bitcoin-script-debugger.visvirial.com/ return NULL rather than true? I haven't tried to swallow the gory details of OP_CHECKSIG yet, but everything ...
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Why we must reference the entire txid for each output we want to spend?
Suppose I want to spend from 3 unspent outputs. I must reference the txid of these unspent outputs. Suppose they are:
eb36eca9a06fbe68278ad3e7d16d10ed02e22ad891ed59ef2b84ed4a49e8a6d2
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Extract lightning network funding transactions with python bitcoin blockchain parser lib
My ultimate goal is to parse funding transactions (as well as channel closes in a later step) from the blockchain. In order to do so I wanted to start with a funding transaction and disect it. ...
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Electrum Gap Limit from CLI
Is there any way to change wallet gap limit in Electrum from command line? If yes, how? If not, could it be bypassed using some kind of external script? I really need to avoid GUI. Thank you in ...
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Weird script stack entries at block #227837?
At block 227837 , the coinbase TX
e35ca7413b61397a49551fea6ebb540988afcf4a2d0e750773d38eb11b138f40
has the following script:
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funding and spending a “no-multisig/no segwit” P2SH tx
I got inspired by this thread:
Single signature P2SH redeem script
Assume I want to "hide" my address as long as can be. So I want a P2SH tx, which only shows a redeemscript (hash of my pubkey) on ...
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How does a P2SH script get executed?
I'm trying to visualize how a typical P2SH script gets executed, as I realize that it's a special form of script that gets executed slightly differently to a standard script.
Before P2SH:
Before ...
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Does bitcoin still concatenate the locking and unlocking script and execute?
Does bitcoin still concatenate the locking and unlocking scripts and execute in order to validate transaction or is validation done another way?
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Can I use opcodes traditionally used for verifying keys to verify payment sizes?
Can I use binary opcodes usually used for verifying keys to verify payment sizes?
It looks like these opcodes like OP_EQUALVERIFY and OP_NUMEQUALVERIFY are used for checking signatures or keys, ...
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How can OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY be used to create outputs provably spendable by anyone?
While reading BIP 65 it says that op_checklocktimeverify can be used to create provably spendable outputs by anyone. How is this possible?
