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QuestionVersion Extended WIF
What the text proposesBIP 178, Version Extended WIF. An extension to the Wallet Import Format (WIF) to specify what kind of bitcoin address the private key corresponds to.
Who may writeKarl-Johan Alm
What is settledAn extension to the Wallet Import Format (WIF) to specify what kind of bitcoin address the private key corresponds to.
Load-bearing assumptionA peer protocol is not a consensus rule. A peer can disconnect. A block is still valid or not on its own.
What this library says afterwardsStatus in the source: Draft. A reading of the public specification, not a copy of it and not a certification.
RightsOfficial external source only