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input: add production taproot witness types for final channels

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Olaoluwa Osuntokun

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input: add production taproot witness types for final channels

This commit introduces seven new witness types specifically designed for
production taproot channels that use the final optimized script structure.
These witness types correspond to the existing staging taproot witness types
but are intended for channels using the finalized taproot specification with
optimized scripts that employ OP_CHECKSIGVERIFY instead of OP_CHECKSIG + OP_DROP.

The new witness types cover all taproot channel operations including local and
remote commitment spends, second-level HTLC transactions, direct HTLC sweeps,
and revocation scenarios. Each production witness type follows the established
naming convention by appending "Final" to distinguish them from their staging
counterparts.

The witness generation logic for these new types mirrors the existing taproot
implementation but will be used when the channel type indicates a production
taproot channel rather than a staging one. This ensures that the correct
script tree structure and witness format is used for each channel type.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds new witness types and size constants for production taproot channels in LND. It is a feature-completion change that mirrors existing staging taproot logic but uses slightly optimized scripts (OP_CHECKSIGVERIFY instead of OP_CHECKSIG + OP_DROP). There is no direct evidence in the commit that this fixes an active security vulnerability; it appears to be part of maturing taproot channel support.

Recommended action

Review as normal feature code. Ensure that the new production witness types are only selected for channels that actually use the production taproot script variant, and that existing staging channels continue to use the staging witness types. Verify test coverage for all new witness types and cross-check size constants against actual script sizes.

Security signals we found

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New witness types for production taproot channels added alongside staging counterparts

02

Script optimization changes OP_CHECKSIG + OP_DROP to OP_CHECKSIGVERIFY

03

Witness generation logic reuses existing staging code paths for final types

04

Size constants added for fee/weight estimation of production taproot spends

05

No explicit security bug, vulnerability, or incident described in commit message or diff

Risk score

Why this scored 28/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 5/30
Exploitability 3/25
Stealth signal 4/15
Affected reach 6/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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