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8.2 Rebuilding the Bitcoin Core Wallet with Output Script Descriptors || Andrew Chow

The old wallet generation relied primarily on private keys, but Bitcoin’s concept actually works with scripts. Andrew Chow is working on output script descriptors, which clearly express under which conditions a coin can ...

2021-03-30

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The old wallet generation relied primarily on private keys, but Bitcoin’s concept actually works with scripts. Andrew Chow is working on output script descriptors, which clearly express under which conditions a coin can be spent. But this change is no longer backwards compatible with old Bitcoin Core wallets.