BIP for Legacy Sign Verify functions



Summary:

On December 22, 2017, Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev inquired about the purpose of pubkey in sigscript for standard p2pkh transactions. He questioned the method used to extract the public key of the signer, which involves using the signature and message to perform key recovery, and then hashing it to compare it with the provided address. The post also included links to various Github repositories related to Bitcoin and Zcash wallets, dynamic blocklists, anti-spies and private torrents, and more.


Updated on: 2023-06-12T23:19:29.348391+00:00