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Informational 15 Bitcoin

common: add helpers for bitcoin blockids.

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Rusty Russell

68/100 · Adequate
common: add helpers for bitcoin blockids.

Like bitcoin_txid, they are special backwards-printed snowflakes.

Thanks Obama!

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds helper functions for converting Bitcoin block IDs between hex strings and internal binary structures, and exposes them through JSON parsing/serialization helpers. It is a straightforward code refactoring and feature addition with no apparent security relevance.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as normal code maintenance.

Security signals we found

No strong security signals were identified.

Risk score

Why this scored 15/100

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