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Informational 15 Bitcoin

Allow underscores as separators in Amount values

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Mitchell Bagot

68/100 · Adequate
Allow underscores as separators in Amount values

Currently, the FromStr implementation on the Amount type has no means
of separating segments of the value, e.g. ','. Since different
countries utilise different standard separators, and '_' is common
internationally in various programming languages, it offers a suitable
option for separating segments of long number values.

Introduce _ separator handling in the Amount FromStr implementation,
disallowing the use of an '_' prefix, or consecutive '_' characters.
Also introduce a BadPosition error type for characters that are valid
in value input, but are in an invalid position.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a routine feature addition, not a security fix. It lets users type Bitcoin amounts with underscore separators (like 1_000 sat) when parsing strings, and rejects invalid placements such as a leading underscore or two underscores in a row. There is no indication of a vulnerability being patched.

Recommended action

No security action needed; treat as normal feature review.

Security signals we found

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No security-relevant signals in commit message or diff

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No bounds-checking or memory-safety changes

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No cryptographic or consensus code touched

Risk score

Why this scored 15/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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