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Rust library for Bitcoin data structures, serialization, consensus encoding, and scripts.

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Mitchell Bagot649193645068
Andrew Poelstra21072145089
Tobin C. Harding41566410063
jrakibi944994068
Nick Johnson19121190060
Jamil Lambert, PhD11919116061
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 96 · Strong
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Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6909: build(deps): bump actions/labeler from 6.2.0 to 7.0.0

This commit updates a GitHub Actions automation tool (actions/labeler) used to automatically tag pull requests with labels. It is a routine dependency version bump from 6.2.0 to 7.0.0, with no indication of a security fix or vulnerability.…

4ed7c068by Andrew Poelstra+1−11 file
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 96 · Strong
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Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6910: build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 7.0.0 to 7.0.1

This commit is a routine update to the GitHub Actions checkout tool used by the project's automated workflows. It only changes version numbers in configuration files and does not alter the actual Bitcoin library code that users run. There …

328c4ae9by Andrew Poelstra+37−3717 files
No security note in commit
Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 100 · Strong
RB Rust Bitcoinrust-bitcoin BitcoinCryptographic libraries

Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6911: build(deps): bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 8.3.2 to 9.0.0

This commit updates a GitHub Actions helper used to install a Python tool called uv, which runs the zizmor security scanner. The change only bumps the pinned version of the helper from 8.3.2 to 9.0.0. The new version's release notes mentio…

No security-relevant signals in commit or upstream release notesDependency bump in CI only, not in library codeNo CVE or advisory referenced
67600795by Andrew Poelstra+2−22 files
No security note in commit
Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 96 · Strong
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Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6912: build(deps): bump github/codeql-action/upload-sarif from 4.37.0 to 4.37.3

This is a routine Dependabot update that changes the pinned version of GitHub's official CodeQL upload-sarif action from 4.37.0 to 4.37.3 in a single CI workflow. The action only uploads static analysis results to GitHub; it does not touch…

b51cec63by Andrew Poelstra+1−11 file
No security note in commit
Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
RB Rust Bitcoinrust-bitcoin BitcoinCryptographic libraries

Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6913: build(deps): bump dtolnay/rust-toolchain from 6c977a6ca4077a0ceb28ffbe03f59d46e9ac8772 to 02cb101ec7c40f2c49e1d9714d64511d8e1b74de

This is a routine update to a GitHub Actions helper used to install Rust during automated testing. It only changes the pinned version of the dtolnay/rust-toolchain action in workflow files. There is no change to the actual rust-bitcoin lib…

90330d15by Andrew Poelstra+8−84 files
No security note in commit
Informational 20 AI analysisMessage 100 · Strong
RB Rust Bitcoinrust-bitcoin BitcoinCryptographic libraries

Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6906: consensus_encoding, primitives: expose exact encoding size for block and transaction

This commit adds a way to ask, in advance, exactly how many bytes a Bitcoin block or transaction will take when serialized. It is a feature addition for the library's encoding system, not a fix for a vulnerability. There is no indication i…

No security-relevant signals in commit message or diffFeature addition: expose exact encoded sizeNo mention of vulnerability, CVE, bug bounty, or security report
1a365d53by Andrew Poelstra+129−1068 files
No security note in commit
Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 88 · Strong
RB Rust Bitcoinrust-bitcoin BitcoinCryptographic libraries

build(deps): bump dtolnay/rust-toolchain

This is a routine update by Dependabot that changes which version of a popular GitHub Action (dtolnay/rust-toolchain) is used to install Rust in automated CI workflows. The commit only updates pinned commit hashes in workflow files; it doe…

a31e0b0eby dependabot[bot]+8−84 files
No security note in commit
Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 93 · Strong
RB Rust Bitcoinrust-bitcoin BitcoinCryptographic libraries

build(deps): bump github/codeql-action/upload-sarif

This is a routine patch-version update of a GitHub-maintained action used only to upload static-analysis results (SARIF files) from a scheduled CI job. The change does not touch any project source code, cryptographic logic, or user-facing …

2cac6e38by dependabot[bot]+1−11 file
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 93 · Strong
RB Rust Bitcoinrust-bitcoin BitcoinCryptographic libraries

build(deps): bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 8.3.2 to 9.0.0

This is a routine automated update by Dependabot that changes the pinned version of a GitHub Action used to install a Python tool called 'uv' in two workflow files. The new version is a major release of the setup-uv action itself, but the …

7d7e7269by dependabot[bot]+2−22 files
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Informational 21 AI analysisMessage 100 · Strong
RB Rust Bitcoinrust-bitcoin BitcoinCryptographic libraries

Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6894: Harden `Copy` policy and apply to all pre-1.0 crates

This commit removes the automatic `Copy` trait from several public error types in the rust-bitcoin library and updates the project's written policy to discourage `Copy` on error types. `Copy` is a Rust trait that lets values be duplicated …

API hardening: removes `Copy` from public error types to preserve future flexibilityPolicy update: docs/policy.md now explicitly discourages `Copy` on error typesNo vulnerability fix: change is defensive/preventive, not reactive to a disclosed issue
457cb9b5by Andrew Poelstra+14−146 files
No security note in commit
Informational 18 AI analysisMessage 96 · Strong
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Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6787: Move `from_script` to `Address` and drop `AddressExt`

This change is a routine code cleanup, not a security fix. It moves a method that converts Bitcoin output scripts into human-readable addresses from a temporary 'extension trait' directly onto the main Address type. The actual conversion l…

ed42dabdby Andrew Poelstra+38−414 files
No security note in commit
Low 35 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
RB Rust Bitcoinrust-bitcoin BitcoinCryptographic libraries

Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6061: Units improvements

This is a routine code-quality and API-expansion pull request for the rust-bitcoin library's 'units' crate. It widens some fee-rate constructors from 32-bit to 64-bit inputs, renames the old 32-bit versions, improves serde error messages, …

API surface change: new u64 fee-rate constructors return NumOpResult to prevent silent overflowRenaming of existing u32 constructors to *_u32 may break downstream callers at compile time (breaking API change)Removal of artificial restriction in from_per_vb allows larger valid inputs
f9460859by Andrew Poelstra+266−12211 files
No security note in commit
Low 49 AI analysisMessage 96 · Strong
RB Rust Bitcoinrust-bitcoin BitcoinCryptographic libraries

Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6862: units: Preserve error in NumOpResult add and sub

This commit fixes a bug in how the library handles math errors. Previously, if you added or subtracted two values and one of them already had an error (for example, dividing by zero), the library would silently replace that original error …

Error-state information loss in arithmetic wrapper typeIncorrect error propagation could mask prior failures such as division by zeroDefensive correctness fix in numeric operation result handling
5324e59aby Andrew Poelstra+26−41 file
No security note in commit
Low 37 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
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Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6896: Fix `cargo audit` findings

This is a routine dependency-maintenance merge that swaps out old, unmaintained helper libraries for newer, patched versions in the project's example embedded programs and benchmark harness. The changes are driven by automated security sca…

cargo audit advisory remediationdependency upgrade for known-vulnerable crate (rand 0.7 / jobserver)dependency upgrade for known-vulnerable crate (crossbeam-epoch)
5f5f666dby Andrew Poelstra+51−1849 files
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Low 37 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
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Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6897: consensus_encoding: fix overcounting bug in the composite encoders exact size len calculation

This commit fixes a counting bug in a Rust Bitcoin library. The library has combined encoders that bundle multiple pieces of data together. A method called len() is supposed to report how many bytes are left to encode, but it was incorrect…

Violation of documented API contract (ExactSizeEncoder::len)Potential incorrect buffer-size or progress decisions by downstream callersComposite encoder state not fully isolated in size reporting before fix
22bbc326by Andrew Poelstra+19−13 files
No security note in commit
Low 37 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate
RB Rust Bitcoinrust-bitcoin BitcoinCryptographic libraries

consensus_encoding: fix bug in the composite encoder's exact size

This commit fixes a bookkeeping bug in a Rust Bitcoin library's composite encoder. The encoder is a tool that combines multiple pieces of data into a single byte stream, and it has a method that is supposed to report how many bytes are lef…

Incorrect implementation of a documented size/length contractPotential for callers to over-allocate buffers or miscompute transaction/witness sizesComposite encoder used in consensus-critical serialization paths
914365b4by Nick Johnson+19−13 files
No security note in commit
Informational 18 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
RB Rust Bitcoinrust-bitcoin BitcoinCryptographic libraries

Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6809: addresses: Add `AddressParams` type and remove most uses of network types

This is a routine API refactoring in the rust-bitcoin library. It introduces a new AddressParams type and replaces most public uses of the older Network/NetworkKind types when creating or validating Bitcoin addresses. There is no security …

No memory-safety issues, cryptographic errors, or input-validation changes observedNo new unsafe blocks, no new dependencies, no new parsing of untrusted dataAPI surface change only: parameter types replaced with semantically equivalent AddressParams
81032b1aby Andrew Poelstra+208−16414 files
No security note in commit
Low 38 AI analysisMessage 100 · Strong
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Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6886: units: preserve original err summing `NumOpResult`

This patch fixes a bug in how rust-bitcoin adds up a list of numeric operation results. Previously, if any item in the list already carried an error (for example, dividing by zero), the summing code would overwrite that error and falsely r…

Error-type confusion / misattribution in arithmetic result aggregationLoss of original failure context across iterator foldPotential for downstream logic to act on wrong `MathOp`/`MathErrorKind`
4af1ee1dby Andrew Poelstra+23−191 file
No security note in commit
Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 100 · Strong
RB Rust Bitcoinrust-bitcoin BitcoinCryptographic libraries

Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6618: ci: disable fail-fast in weekly rustc update crons

This commit changes two GitHub Actions workflow files used for weekly automated Rust toolchain updates. It adds `fail-fast: false` so that if one branch's update job fails, the other branch jobs continue running instead of all being cancel…

c0a70548by Andrew Poelstra+2−02 files
No security note in commit
Moderate 62 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
RB Rust Bitcoinrust-bitcoin BitcoinCryptographic libraries

Merge rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin#6884: units: Fix div_by_fee_rate_floor precision

This commit fixes a precision bug in a Rust Bitcoin library function that calculates how much transaction weight a given amount of money can afford at a given fee rate. The old code rounded the fee rate up to a coarser unit (satoshis per k…

Incorrect fee-rate-to-weight conversion leading to understated affordable weightInteger rounding direction (ceil) used as divisor in floor division causing off-by-one or larger precision lossAddition of overflow handling for Weight::MAX
9caad2c1by Andrew Poelstra+23−52 files
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Security candidateImplement Serde traits for ArrayVecby Abeeujah · dadbbaf3 · May 1, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 83 · StrongInformational 18Details
Commit message · Abeeujah

Implement Serde traits for ArrayVec

This implementation is a prerequisite for the serde traits
impl for `WitnessVersion` and `WitnessProgram`.

Add tests covering round-trip serialization, capacity overflow errors,
and wire-format compatibilitywith slices using both JSON and Bincode.

83/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification✓ Names security-relevant behavior explicitly
Why it was queued
memory safety
AI analysis · Informational 18/100

This commit adds the ability to serialize and deserialize a small fixed-capacity vector type (ArrayVec) used inside the rust-bitcoin library. It is a routine feature addition with explicit guards against overflowing the capacity during deserialization. There is no indication this fixes a security bug or introduces a vulnerability.

Security candidatefuzz: remove psbt fuzz targets and document explicit local bitcoin dependencyby Ismail Daif · e64a89af · May 1, 2026 · 3 filesMessage 60 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Ismail Daif

fuzz: remove psbt fuzz targets and document explicit local bitcoin dependency

60/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Mentions testing or verification! No meaningful explanatory body
Why it was queued
signing boundaryfuzzing or regression evidence
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit removes two PSBT (Partially Signed Bitcoin Transaction) fuzz testing targets from the project's automated fuzzing setup and adds a clarifying comment about why an explicit version number is needed for a local dependency. There is no change to the actual Bitcoin library code that users rely on, and nothing in the commit suggests a security vulnerability was fixed or introduced.

Security candidatecrypto: Change to_public_key to return FullPublicKeyby Mitchell Bagot · ccf5b5c8 · Apr 30, 2026 · 4 filesMessage 85 · StrongInformational 19Details
Commit message · Mitchell Bagot

crypto: Change to_public_key to return FullPublicKey

In general, modern bitcoin code should be using either the compressed
FullPublicKey or the XOnlyPublicKey. Users should try to avoid the
legacy optionally-compressed public key. To this end, the types were
renamed. To further consolidate this, the to_public_key methods
throughout the key module should also return FullPublicKey, with the
existing behaviour relegated to new to_legacy_public_key.

Change all to_public_key functions to return FullPublicKey and
introduce corresponding to_legacy_public_key functions to return
LegacyPublicKey where necessary.

85/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Explains rationale or failure mode
Why it was queued
cryptography-sensitive pathsigning or wallet path
AI analysis · Informational 19/100

This commit is a routine API cleanup in the rust-bitcoin library. It changes several methods named to_public_key so they return a modern compressed public key type (FullPublicKey) instead of an older type that could be either compressed or uncompressed (LegacyPublicKey). The old behavior is preserved under new to_legacy_public_key methods. The change is about encouraging safer modern key handling, not about fixing an active security bug.

Security candidatecrypto: Remove unused test from ecdsaby Mitchell Bagot · 03b65461 · Apr 28, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 83 · StrongInformational 15Details
Commit message · Mitchell Bagot

crypto: Remove unused test from ecdsa

In ecdsa, the write_serialized_signature test was used to test the
serialize_to_writer method on the ecdsa::Signature. Since this was
removed as part of the bitcoin-io dep removal, the test should also
be removed.

Remove write_serialized_signature test case from ecdsa tests module.

83/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification✓ Names security-relevant behavior explicitly
Why it was queued
signing boundarycryptography-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit simply deletes a test that is no longer useful because the feature it was testing had already been removed. There is no code change that affects users, no bug fix, and no security issue.

Security candidatecrypto: Bump version to 0.2.0by Tobin C. Harding · 3e739986 · Apr 27, 2026 · 6 filesMessage 68 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Tobin C. Harding

crypto: Bump version to 0.2.0

Bump the `crypto` version. Update the dep in `bitcoin` and add an
explicit version number in `taproot-primitives`.

In preparation add a changelog entry, bump the version number, and
update the lock files.

68/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
Why it was queued
cryptography-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a routine version bump for an internal Rust library called `bitcoin-crypto` from version 0.1.0 to 0.2.0. It updates version numbers in package files, lock files, and a changelog. There are no code changes that fix or introduce security behavior.

Security candidateDelete psbt moduleby Tobin C. Harding · bdc61c46 · Apr 27, 2026 · 21 filesMessage 81 · StrongInformational 18Details
Commit message · Tobin C. Harding

Delete psbt module

In #6055 we deprecated the `psbt` module on the `0.32.x` branch. Now
we can delete it from master.

### Context

Development of the PSBT has moved to a separate crate. Hosted on the
new Forgejo instance at:

https://git.rust-bitcoin.org/rust-bitcoin/rust-psbt

Crate name is `psbt-v2` because it has initial support for PSBTv2. The
crate also includes all code from the `0.32.x` branch (as well as
miniscript code). In other words the crate is a drop in replacement
for the `Psbt` type and its functionality.

During release of `psbt-v2 v0.3.0` we attempted to ensure feature
parity with `0.32.x` since the actual migration was done a while back.

The road map for dev of `psbt-v2` is loosely:

- Improve PSBTv2 stuff
- Continue work on supporting Silent Payments
- Use crate as a test bed for the process of upgrade of `bitcoin 0.32.x`


Exact strategy of the last point is being worked on. We are
investigating creating a bunch of step-by-step releases to help the
process. To prove (and develop) the process we plan on using:

- miniscript
- psbt-v2
- corepc

81/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Subject identifies a change✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Explains rationale or failure mode✓ Mentions testing or verification✓ Links an issue, advisory, or supporting reference
Why it was queued
signing boundarycryptography-sensitive pathsigning or wallet path
AI analysis · Informational 18/100

This commit removes the entire PSBT (Partially Signed Bitcoin Transaction) module from the rust-bitcoin library on the master branch. It is a planned code cleanup, not a security fix. The PSBT functionality has been moved to a separate crate called psbt-v2, and the old module was already deprecated in a previous release. Users who relied on the built-in PSBT support will need to migrate to the new crate when upgrading.

Security candidatehashes: Add x86 AVX2 8-way dispatchby jrakibi · 9cc9b338 · Apr 25, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 45 · ThinInformational 17Details
Commit message · jrakibi

hashes: Add x86 AVX2 8-way dispatch

add dispatcher that handles 8-way

45/100 · ThinMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component! No meaningful explanatory body
Why it was queued
cryptography-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 17/100

This commit adds a new performance optimization for SHA-256 hashing on modern x86 processors that support AVX2 instructions. It enables the library to process up to 8 hash calculations at once when the CPU supports it. There is no indication in the commit that this fixes a security bug; it appears to be a routine performance improvement.

Security candidatehashes: fold 8-way AVX2 SHA256d into round! macroby jrakibi · 41cc7afd · Apr 25, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 68 · AdequateInformational 18Details
Commit message · jrakibi

hashes: fold 8-way AVX2 SHA256d into round! macro

use a round! macro to cut ~1060 lines from the unrolled version.
each round becomes a single round!(...) call that almost matches
Core's Transform_8way line-by-line, so it's easy to compare and
review against sha256_avx2.cpp.

refactor, no behavior change.

68/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
Why it was queued
cryptography-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 18/100

This commit is a code cleanup in the SHA-256 hashing implementation. It replaces roughly 1,000 lines of manually repeated hashing steps with a few short macros that generate the same instructions. The author explicitly states there is no behavior change, and the diff only restructures existing operations without altering constants, math, or control flow.

Security candidatehashes: Add 8-way AVX2 SHA256d for 64-byte inputby jrakibi · d299082d · Apr 25, 2026 · 2 filesMessage 68 · AdequateInformational 16Details
Commit message · jrakibi

hashes: Add 8-way AVX2 SHA256d for 64-byte input

add the three transforms for sha256(sha256(64_bytes)) using AVX2
SIMD.

AVX2 uses 256-bit registers, so we can pack eight 32-bit words into
each register and compute 8 independent hashes in parallel with a
single SIMD op.

- Transforms 1 & 2 compute the inner `sha256(64_bytes)`.
- Transform 3 computes sha256(output_of_T1_and_T2).

rounds are fully unrolled (we will use a round! macro to fold them
in the next patch).

68/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
Why it was queued
cryptography-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 16/100

This commit adds a new, highly optimized implementation of the SHA256d hashing algorithm for 64-byte inputs, using Intel AVX2 processor instructions. It is a pure performance optimization that computes eight hashes at once. There is no indication in the commit that it fixes a security bug; it simply adds a faster code path.

Security candidateRun the formatterby Mitchell Bagot · ad434204 · Apr 24, 2026 · 4 filesMessage 28 · OpaqueInformational 15Details
Commit message · Mitchell Bagot

Run the formatter

28/100 · OpaqueMessage clarity
✓ Subject identifies a change! No meaningful explanatory body! Opaque security-relevant change
Why it was queued
cryptography-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is purely a code-formatting cleanup. It only changes whitespace, line breaks, and import order to match the project's style rules. No program logic, behavior, or security properties were changed.

Security candidateUse drain instead of flushby Tobin C. Harding · 6581b954 · Apr 23, 2026 · 6 filesMessage 68 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Tobin C. Harding

Use drain instead of flush

The term 'flush' has meaning already in respect to a std writer thus
impiles that a function with 'flush' in the name would call
`writer.flush()` but we do not.

After debate we reached consensus on the verb 'drain' to replace
'flush'.

Rename all 'flush_to_writer' functions to be `drain_to_writer`
repository wide. To keep our API uniform also re-name `flush_to_vec`
to be `drain_to_vec`.

68/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
Why it was queued
cryptography-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a simple rename of internal functions from 'flush_to_writer' and 'flush_to_vec' to 'drain_to_writer' and 'drain_to_vec'. The word 'flush' was confusing because it normally means something specific in I/O code, so the team chose 'drain' instead. No behavior changed, and there is no security issue.

Security candidatecrypto: Remove bitcoin-io dependencyby Mitchell Bagot · 9f5ece75 · Apr 23, 2026 · 4 filesMessage 73 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Mitchell Bagot

crypto: Remove bitcoin-io dependency

With the removal of the io-dependent functions from the key and
signature types, the bitcoin-io dependency can be entirely dropped from
the crypto crate.

Remove bitcoin-io dependency from manifest and update lock files.
Remove io re-export from crate root.

73/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Names security-relevant behavior explicitly
Why it was queued
signing boundarycryptography-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a routine cleanup that removes an unused dependency called bitcoin-io from the crypto crate. It only touches package metadata and lock files, not any code that handles keys, signatures, or user data. There is no security issue visible in this change.

Security candidateRemove io methods on public key typesby Mitchell Bagot · dc6c4888 · Apr 23, 2026 · 2 filesMessage 78 · AdequateInformational 17Details
Commit message · Mitchell Bagot

Remove io methods on public key types

The read_from and write_into functions on the public key types rely on
the bitcoin-io Read and Write traits. Since we want to remove the
dependence on io for the crypto crate, these methods must also be
removed. With the Serialized* types, the write_into methods are trivial
to replace inline.

Remove read_from and write_into methods from public key types and test
case for them.

78/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification
Why it was queued
cryptography-sensitive pathsigning or wallet path
AI analysis · Informational 17/100

This commit removes convenience methods for reading and writing public keys from/to byte streams in the rust-bitcoin crypto crate. It is a routine API cleanup to reduce dependency on the bitcoin-io crate, not a security fix. There is no evidence in the commit or supplied references that this change addresses a vulnerability.

Security candidatehashes: change engine parameter to be mutable referenceby yancy · 688cf1e7 · Apr 22, 2026 · 3 filesMessage 73 · AdequateInformational 18Details
Commit message · yancy

hashes: change engine parameter to be mutable reference

Allow engine parameter to be less restrictive in use. By changing the
parameter to `&mut`, the calling function no longer needs give up
ownership of engine.

The return value is removed since the caller can simply use existing
ownership of variable instead of the return value.

73/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
Why it was queued
cryptography-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 18/100

This is a routine internal API cleanup in the rust-bitcoin hashing library. A helper function that feeds data into a hash calculator is changed so callers pass in the calculator by mutable reference instead of handing it over and getting it back. No security vulnerability is present in the diff; it is a usability and ownership-style refactor.

Security candidatehashes: Add 4-way dispatcherby jrakibi · e26ee477 · Apr 22, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 60 · AdequateInformational 17Details
Commit message · jrakibi

hashes: Add 4-way dispatcher

add x86 sha256d dispatcher that handles 4-way SSE4.1

60/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides an explanatory body
Why it was queued
cryptography-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 17/100

This commit adds a new performance optimization for SHA-256 hashing on modern x86 processors. It introduces a code path that processes four blocks at once using SSE4.1 instructions when available. There is no indication in the commit that this fixes a security vulnerability; it appears to be a routine performance improvement.

Security candidatehashes: fold 4-way SSE4.1 SHA256d into round! macroby jrakibi · d2f8f6f5 · Apr 22, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 73 · AdequateInformational 18Details
Commit message · jrakibi

hashes: fold 4-way SSE4.1 SHA256d into round! macro

use a round! macro to cut ~1000 lines from the unrolled version.
each round becomes a single round!(...) call. it almost matches Core
line-by-line, so it's easy to compare and review against sha256_sse41.cpp.

refactor, no behavior change.

73/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
Why it was queued
cryptography-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 18/100

This commit is a code cleanup in the Bitcoin library's SHA-256 hashing code. It replaces roughly 1,000 lines of manually repeated calculation steps with a few short macros that generate the same steps automatically. The author explicitly calls it a refactor with no behavior change, and the constants and arithmetic operations appear unchanged.

Security candidatehashes: Add 4-way SSE4.1 SHA256d for 64-byte inputby jrakibi · ea0f3035 · Apr 22, 2026 · 2 filesMessage 73 · AdequateInformational 16Details
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hashes: Add 4-way SSE4.1 SHA256d for 64-byte input

add the three transforms for sha256(sha256(64_bytes)) using SSE4.1 SIMD.

SSE4.1 uses 128-bit registers, so we can pack four 32-bit words into
each register and compute 4 independent hashes in parallel with a
single SIMD op.

- Transforms 1 & 2 compute the inner `sha256(64_bytes)`.
- Transform 3 computes sha256(output_of_T1_and_T2).

rounds are fully unrolled (we will use a round! macro to fold them
in the next patch).

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cryptography-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 16/100

This commit adds a new, faster way to calculate SHA256d hashes for 64-byte inputs on modern Intel/AMD processors using SSE4.1 CPU instructions. It is a pure performance optimization and does not appear to fix or introduce a security vulnerability based on the code shown. However, because it is new cryptographic code, any bug in it could in principle produce wrong hash results, which would be a correctness issue rather than a direct security flaw.

Security candidatecrypto: Adjust SerializedLegacyPublicKey docsby Mitchell Bagot · 16324919 · Apr 22, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 58 · ThinInformational 15Details
Commit message · Mitchell Bagot

crypto: Adjust SerializedLegacyPublicKey docs

The SerializedLegacyPublicKey docs don't mention the maximum size or
the lack of allocations like the ecdsa::SerializedSignature docs do.

Adjust wording of docs to mention lack of allocation and max size of
65 bytes.

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signing boundarycryptography-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit only changes documentation wording for a Rust Bitcoin data type. It adds a note that the serialized legacy public key type avoids heap allocation and has a maximum size of 65 bytes. No code behavior was altered.

Security candidateRemove io write helpers from ecdsa signaturesby Mitchell Bagot · bffd1b0f · Apr 22, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 83 · StrongInformational 15Details
Commit message · Mitchell Bagot

Remove io write helpers from ecdsa signatures

In the ecdsa module, the SerializedSignature and Signature types have
helper methods for writing to bitcoin-io Write objects. Since we want
to remove the io dependency entirely, and the SerializedSignature can
already be used in a similar way to a slice, there's no point to
retaining them.

Remove Signature::serialize_to_writer and SerializedSignature::write_to.
Adjust existing io test case to use std traits.

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Why it was queued
signing boundarycryptography-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit removes two helper methods that wrote ECDSA signatures to a custom I/O writer. It is a straightforward API cleanup to drop a dependency, not a security fix. There is no evidence of a vulnerability being patched.

Security candidateDon't abuse psbt Deserializeby Tobin C. Harding · cc1d5919 · Apr 22, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 80 · StrongInformational 15Details
Commit message · Tobin C. Harding

Don't abuse psbt Deserialize

I'm not sure what is the intention of this code or exactly how the
derives are working in the `taproot` module because we are importing
`psbt::serialize::Deserialize` and then using it in `serde` derives?

Also the `TapTree` arbitrary stuff is a bit odd, that is what led me
here while I was attempting to delete the `psbt` module.

So, I don't know if this is a bug or an internal change? Introduced in
commit: `37c9fce2a684 Implement `Arbitrary` for psbt types`.

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AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a small internal cleanup in the rust-bitcoin library. It stops using a PSBT-specific deserialization helper to build test-only 'Arbitrary' instances of TapTree, and instead builds the tree directly from its internal NodeInfo. It also switches serde derives to use the proper serde::Deserialize trait. There is no direct evidence this fixes an exploitable security bug, but it removes a confusing and potentially incorrect reuse of PSBT serialization logic outside the PSBT module.

Security candidatecrypto: Move SerializedLegacyPublicKey to cryptoby Mitchell Bagot · 8f809ccd · Apr 21, 2026 · 2 filesMessage 78 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Mitchell Bagot

crypto: Move SerializedLegacyPublicKey to crypto

Now that the SerializedLegacyPublicKey has been re-arranged to remove
the strict dependence on PushBytes, it can be trivially moved to the
crypto crate.

Move SerializedLegacyPublicKey to crypto crate and re-export from
bitcoin.
Move associated test to crypto key module.

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AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a simple internal code reorganization. It moves the SerializedLegacyPublicKey type from the main bitcoin crate into the lower-level crypto crate and re-exports it so existing code keeps working. No behavior changes, no bug fixes, and no security implications are visible in the diff.

Security candidateRemove dependence on PushBytes for SerializedLegacyPublicKeyby Mitchell Bagot · 1f3051c9 · Apr 21, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 73 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Mitchell Bagot

Remove dependence on PushBytes for SerializedLegacyPublicKey

The SerializedLegacyPublicKey type currently relies on
Borrow<PushBytes> to implement the Borrow and AsRef for [u8]. Since
PushBytes is only in bitcoin, this prevents the simple move. Instead,
the main reference conversion should be Deref for [u8].

Move Deref impl into encapsulating module and redefine
Borrow<PushBytes> in terms of it. Adjust order of Borrow and AsRef
impls.

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AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This is a small internal code cleanup in the rust-bitcoin library. It changes how one public-key wrapper type exposes its underlying byte slice, removing a dependency on another type (PushBytes) so the code can be moved between crates more easily. There is no user-visible behavior change and no security fix.

Security candidatecrypto: Remove error conversion From implsby Mitchell Bagot · e986053a · Apr 20, 2026 · 2 filesMessage 68 · AdequateInformational 19Details
Commit message · Mitchell Bagot

crypto: Remove error conversion From impls

From impls for conversions between error types represent a public api
commitment. Since we can't know how the error types may need to change
as the crate progresses, it's best to remove these now and reintroduce
them later if we find them necessary and/or useful for users.

Remove all From<BarError> for FooError in crypto, replacing uses with
map_err where appropriate.

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AI analysis · Informational 19/100

This commit removes automatic error-conversion shortcuts in the crypto module of the rust-bitcoin library. It does not fix a bug or vulnerability; it is a deliberate API cleanup to avoid promising too much to future users. Existing code that relied on the removed conversions will need minor updates, but runtime behavior is unchanged.

Security candidatecrypto: Re-export key types at crate rootby Mitchell Bagot · adf52bbc · Apr 20, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 60 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Mitchell Bagot

crypto: Re-export key types at crate root

Re-export the key types at the crate root, similar to the re-exports in
bitcoin.

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AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit simply makes several existing key types easier to import by re-exporting them at the top level of the crypto crate. It does not change any behavior, logic, or security properties of the code.

Security candidatecrypto: Add pub extern crate for crates with public api typesby Mitchell Bagot · fd25de60 · Apr 20, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 85 · StrongInformational 16Details
Commit message · Mitchell Bagot

crypto: Add pub extern crate for crates with public api types

In crypto, various types from child crates are present in the public
api, including base58::Error, network::NetworkKind, secp256k1 keys and
io traits. In order to simplify dependency handling, these crates
should be exposed through pub extern crate exports in the root of the
crypto crate.

Add pub extern crate statements for base58, network, io and secp256k1.
Remove comment on hex_stable re-export to match new policy.

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AI analysis · Informational 16/100

This change simply re-exports a few internal Rust crates through the public API of the `crypto` sub-crate so users don't have to add those dependencies manually. It is a routine dependency-management and API-ergonomics patch with no apparent security relevance.