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Informational 14 Bitcoin

script: (optimization) introduce sighash midstate caching

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Pieter Wuille

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script: (optimization) introduce sighash midstate caching
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a performance optimization to Bitcoin Core's transaction-signature checking. It caches an intermediate SHA256 hashing state so that repeated signature checks for the same transaction do not need to recompute as much. There is no indication in the commit or supplied references that this fixes a security bug; it is described purely as an optimization.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a routine performance optimization; standard code review and testing are sufficient.

Security signals we found

No strong security signals were identified.

Risk score

Why this scored 14/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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