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Informational 21 Bitcoin

Add terse opcodes for 1-16 and neg

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Tobin C. Harding

78/100 · Adequate
Add terse opcodes for 1-16 and neg

The existing terms are unnecessarily long, we can make them more terse
with no loss of clarity.

Deprecate the long names and introduce short ones.

Change `OP_PUSHNUM_NEG1` to be `OP_1NEGATE` to match Bitcoin Core.

NOTE: This is a breaking change to `serde` serialization since we use
the exact letters of the consts when serializing.

Do not fix the introduced lint warnings, done next. Do, howener, fix
the roundtrip unit tests.
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit renames Bitcoin script opcode constants to shorter names (for example, OP_PUSHNUM_1 becomes OP_1) and keeps the old names as deprecated aliases. It also changes how these opcodes are serialized to JSON, so any software that exchanges opcode names with this library may need to update its expected strings. There is no direct security flaw in the code change itself, but it is a breaking API/serialization change that could surprise downstream users.

Recommended action

Treat this as a compatibility/API change rather than a vulnerability. Downstream projects using rust-bitcoin's serde serialization for opcodes should update their expected opcode name strings and migrate from OP_PUSHNUM_* to OP_1..OP_16/OP_1NEGATE. Monitor for any unexpected deserialization failures after upgrading.

Security signals we found

01

Breaking serde serialization format change noted by the vendor

02

Deprecated public API constants retained as aliases to avoid immediate breakage

03

No change to opcode byte values or script execution semantics

Risk score

Why this scored 21/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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