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Informational 15 Bitcoin

primitives: replace opcodes.rs with a skeleton file with bare minimum functionality

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Andrew Poelstra

73/100 · Adequate
primitives: replace opcodes.rs with a skeleton file with bare minimum functionality

The `Opcode` type in primitives/src/opcodes.rs is used in two places: in
primitives/script/mod.rs to parse numbers (by looking at OP_PUSHDATAx)
and in primitives/script/borrowed.rs to display opcodes when outputting
script "asm".

We don't need the classification, we don't need the alternate names, we
don't need the decoding methods, we don't need serde, we don't even need
the type. We just need four constants and a formatting method.
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a routine code cleanup, not a security fix. It replaces a large, detailed Bitcoin opcode module with a much smaller 'skeleton' version that keeps only the four opcode constants and the formatting helper actually used by the rest of the crate. No behavior that affects script parsing, validation, or consensus is changed.

Recommended action

No action required. Treat as a normal refactoring commit.

Security signals we found

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No security-relevant behavior change

02

Public API surface reduction (removes many public types/constants)

03

Formatting-only helper retained; no script execution or validation code touched

Risk score

Why this scored 15/100

Our methodology →
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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