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SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT for Taproot Scripts

BIP 118, SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT for Taproot Scripts. This BIP modifies the behaviour of the [[bip-0342.mediawiki|BIP 342]] signature opcodes '''What about key path spends?''' This proposal only supports ANYPREVOUT signatures via script path spends, and does not support ANYPREVOUT signatures for key path spends.

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Authors: Christian Decker
Date: 2017
Publisher: Christian Decker
Version: Source cited by the 2017 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0522
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Canonical readingBIP 118 study
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Decker, C. (2017). SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT for Taproot Scripts. Christian Decker. https://bips.dev/118

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@techreport{bip1182017,
  title = {SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT for Taproot Scripts},
  author = {Christian Decker},
  year = {2017},
  institution = {Christian Decker},
  url = {https://bips.dev/118},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/bip-118}
}

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Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
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