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Informational 15 Bitcoin

Deprecate the to_hex implementation on Work and Target

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Authored by Mitchell Bagot

73/100 · Adequate
Deprecate the to_hex implementation on Work and Target

Types in stable crates should not include the to_hex function. Since
this type is coming from bitcoin, this may be unintuitive to users.
For now, we'll keep the to_hex functionality on the types using the
bitcoin extension traits, but label them as deprecated.

Deprecate the Work and Target to_hex implementations.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a routine API cleanup, not a security fix. It marks the `to_hex()` methods on two Bitcoin proof-of-work types (`Work` and `Target`) as deprecated, telling developers to use Rust's standard `format!("{var:x}")` instead. No vulnerability is present or fixed.

Recommended action

No security action required. Developers using these APIs should plan to migrate to `format!("{value:x}")` before the deprecated methods are removed in a future release.

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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