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Informational 17 Bitcoin

bitcoin: Remove uses of HexToArrayError

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Mitchell Bagot

80/100 · Strong
bitcoin: Remove uses of HexToArrayError

The HexToArrayError 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 HexToArrayError in bitcoin.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a routine internal cleanup in the rust-bitcoin library. It swaps one hex-decoding helper for another equivalent one so the library no longer depends on an 'unstable' public API from a dependency. There is no indication this fixes a security bug or changes behavior visible to users in a dangerous way.

Recommended action

No security action required; review as normal dependency/API hygiene.

Security signals we found

No strong security signals were identified.

Risk score

Why this scored 17/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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