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Rename PublicKey to LegacyPublicKey

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Authored by Mitchell Bagot

58/100 · Thin
Rename PublicKey to LegacyPublicKey

The optionally-compressed PublicKey type is no longer used in Bitcoin
outside of legacy transaction handling. Since the name PublicKey
implies a general purpose public key type, it should be renamed to
clarify the niche use compared to the typical compressed public key
type, FullPublicKey.

Rename PublicKey to LegacyPublicKey.
Deprecate PublicKey.
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What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a routine API cleanup: it renames the `PublicKey` type to `LegacyPublicKey` in the rust-bitcoin library and keeps `PublicKey` as a deprecated alias so existing code continues to compile. There is no bug fix, behavior change, or security patch in the diff.

Recommended action

No security action needed. Treat as a normal API-evolution change; downstream users can migrate to `LegacyPublicKey` at their own pace before the deprecated alias is removed in a future release.

Security signals we found

No strong security signals were identified.

Risk score

Why this scored 19/100

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Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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