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Simplify `Decodable` trait

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Authored by Martin Habovstiak

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Simplify `Decodable` trait

The `Decodable` trait already required that a decoder can be created
without providing any extra arguments and it required that the output of
the decoder is `Self`, implying that no decoder can be reused for
different types.

We observe that simply requiring that `Decoder` impls `Default` is
practically the same thing - requires constructibility without
arguments. By bounding `Decoder` on `Default` in addition to `Decoder`
and providing a default implementation of the method we simplify the
implementations: they now only need to impl `Default` which often can be
derived and specify the associated decoder type.
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What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a routine internal code cleanup in the Rust Bitcoin library. It changes how decoders are created so that Rust's built-in Default mechanism is used instead of manually writing a decoder() function for every type. There is no change to how data is parsed, no bug fix, and no security relevance.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as normal refactoring.

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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