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Informational 15 Bitcoin

Remove musig2 crate

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Wilmer Paulino

51/100 · Thin
Remove musig2 crate

Taproot support is not planned we see an increase in demand for it by
users. The `musig2` crate is now owned by a third-party, and ultimately
won't be used by the production version of Taproot that we end up
releasing.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit removes an unused experimental Taproot/MuSig2 code path from the rust-lightning project. It deletes the optional `musig2` dependency, removes the `taproot` build flag, and strips out all conditional Taproot-related message fields and serialization logic. There is no indication this fixes a security vulnerability; it is a cleanup change because Taproot support is not currently planned and the external `musig2` crate is now owned by a third party.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as ordinary maintenance. If you rely on the experimental `taproot` cfg build, note that it is removed and you should migrate away from it.

Security signals we found

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No security-relevant signals present in commit message or diff

02

Removal of third-party git dependency (musig2) reduces future supply-chain/dependency risk, but is framed by the vendor as feature cleanup, not a security fix

03

No memory-safety, cryptographic, or consensus changes to active code paths

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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