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Informational 19 Bitcoin

bitcoin: Remove uses of HexToBytesError

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Mitchell Bagot

80/100 · Strong
bitcoin: Remove uses of HexToBytesError

The HexToBytesError in hex_conservative comes from the unstable version
of the crate. Since we want to avoid unstable hex conservative in the
public API, we should remove all uses of this error.

Remove all direct uses of HexToBytesError in bitcoin and remaining
uses of unstable FromHex trait.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit swaps out an unstable, experimental hex-decoding helper for a stable, project-owned one. It is a cleanup/refactoring change to keep the public API from depending on a crate version that is not yet finalized. There is no direct security bug being fixed; the main risk is that if done incorrectly, error handling could change slightly for users parsing hex strings.

Recommended action

Treat as a normal refactoring/API-stabilization commit. Reviewers should verify that the new DecodeVariableLengthBytesError preserves the same error information as the old HexToBytesError and that no public trait bounds were accidentally tightened. No urgent security action is indicated.

Security signals we found

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Dependency/API surface reduction: removes unstable hex_conservative error type from public API

02

Error-type substitution only; no new input validation or cryptographic logic introduced

03

No mention of vulnerability, CVE, bug, or security fix in commit message or diff

Risk score

Why this scored 19/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 3/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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