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p2p: Remove legacy encoding from `merkle_tree`

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What the developer wrote

Authored by rustaceanrob

45/100 · Thin
p2p: Remove legacy encoding from `merkle_tree`
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit removes old-style encoding and decoding code for two Bitcoin peer-to-peer message types (MerkleBlock and PartialMerkleTree) and replaces it with a newer encoding system already present in the file. There is no direct evidence in the commit that this fixes a security vulnerability; it appears to be a routine cleanup or migration to a newer serialization API.

Recommended action

No immediate security action required. Treat as a normal refactoring commit. If auditing, verify that the remaining `encoding::Encode`/`Decode` implementations provide equivalent or stronger input validation compared to the removed legacy implementations.

Security signals we found

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Removal of legacy serialization code

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No new bounds checks or validation logic added

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No references to security issues, CVEs, or vulnerability reports in commit message

Risk score

Why this scored 12/100

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