Bitcoin Transaction and Script BIPs Articles

BIP 326 guide covering its Draft status, nLockTime and nSequence choices, one-block relative locks, fee-sniping privacy, pinning cover traffic and wallet tests.

BIP 343 guide covering its current Closed status, BIP8 LOT=true proposal, bit 2, block-height schedule, 90% threshold, Speedy Trial compatibility and history.

OP_SUCCESS explained from BIP342: learn why reserved Tapscript opcodes succeed today, how soft forks can restrict them and why using them risks funds.

Bitcoin Taproot added Schnorr signatures and new spending rules. Learn key paths, script paths, privacy limits, wallet support and what changed in simple English.

BIP 340 guide covering 64-byte Schnorr signatures, x-only public keys, tagged hashes, nonce safety, batch verification, Taproot deployment and testing.

Taproot annex explained from BIP341: learn how the 0x50 witness element is detected, signed, charged transaction weight and reserved for upgrades.

BIP 119 guide covering its Draft soft-fork status, transaction-template hash, OP_NOP4 semantics, covenant uses, validation costs, risks and safe evaluation.

Taproot control blocks explained: verify the internal key, leaf version, parity bit and Merkle path that prove a revealed script belongs to an output.

BIP 322 guide covering the Complete script-based signed-message format, simple and full proofs, PSBT workflows, proof-of-funds limits and verification.

BIP 84 guide covering purpose 84 native P2WPKH accounts, Bech32 addresses, zpub and zprv versions, discovery gaps, backups and test vectors.

BIP 117 guide covering its Draft single tail-call execution rule, SegWit restriction, stack transfer, MAST use with BIP 116 and consensus testing.

BIP 116 guide covering the Draft NOP4 soft-fork proposal, BIP 98 proof checks, hidden policy branches, stack rules, activation and testing.