Why is deriving public key from the signature not used in Segwit?



Summary:

The provided context is a conversation that occurred on January 24, 2018, between Gregory Maxwell and Aymeric Vitte. Vitte brings up the fact that pubkey is now present in standard p2pkh transactions, but he is unsure when this change occurred and why. Maxwell responds by stating that such behavior never existed and that Vitte must be mistaken. The conversation concludes with Vitte providing links to resources related to Bitcoin and blockchain technology.


Updated on: 2023-06-13T00:13:46.779958+00:00