Re: [bitcoin-dev] P2WPKH Scripts, P2PKH Addresses, and Uncompressed Public Keys

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 08:55:47PM +, Alex Nagy via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Thanks Gregory - to be clear should Native P2WPKH scripts only appear in > redeem scripts? From reading the various BIPs it had seemed like Native > P2WPKH and Native P2WSH were also valid and identifiable if they were

Re: [bitcoin-dev] P2WPKH Scripts, P2PKH Addresses, and Uncompressed Public Keys

Yes it is allowed in TxOuts. And yes it is designed to save space. But the problem is Bob can’t assume Alice understands the new TxOuts format. If Bob really wants to save space this way, he should first ask for a new BIP173 address from Alice. Never try to convert a P2PKH address to a P2SH or

Re: [bitcoin-dev] P2WPKH Scripts, P2PKH Addresses, and Uncompressed Public Keys

> On Aug 28, 2017, at 8:29 AM, Alex Nagy via bitcoin-dev > wrote: > > If Alice gives Bob 1MsHWS1BnwMc3tLE8G35UXsS58fKipzB7a, is there any way Bob > can safely issue Native P2WPKH outputs to Alice? > No, and the whole issue of compressed vs uncompressed

Re: [bitcoin-dev] P2WPKH Scripts, P2PKH Addresses, and Uncompressed Public Keys

in Txes with many outputs. -Original Message- From: Gregory Maxwell [mailto:gmaxw...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 10:04 AM To: Alex Nagy <optim...@hotmail.com>; Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] P2WPKH Sc

[bitcoin-dev] P2WPKH Scripts, P2PKH Addresses, and Uncompressed Public Keys

Let's say Alice has a P2PKH address derived from an uncompressed public key, 1MsHWS1BnwMc3tLE8G35UXsS58fKipzB7a (from https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3059/what-is-a-compressed-bitcoin-key). If Alice gives Bob 1MsHWS1BnwMc3tLE8G35UXsS58fKipzB7a, is there any way Bob can safely issue