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Informational 17 Bitcoin

Introduce FromStr for Target and Work

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Authored by Mitchell Bagot

68/100 · Adequate
Introduce FromStr for Target and Work

The Target and Work types both include Display and Upper/LowerHex.
Generally, types that can be stringified should also be parseable from
strings.

Introduce FromStr on Target and Work. Introduce ParseTargetError and
ParseWorkError to encapsulate possible errors during parsing.
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What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds the ability to convert strings into two internal numeric types, Target and Work, used in Bitcoin's proof-of-work calculations. It is a routine feature addition with no security-relevant behavior change; it only provides parsing where only display existed before.

Recommended action

No security action required. Review as normal API/feature addition.

Security signals we found

No strong security signals were identified.

Risk score

Why this scored 17/100

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Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 10/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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