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CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY

BIP 119, CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY. A new opcode, OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY, to be activated as a change to the semantics of OP_NOP4.

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Authors: Jeremy Rubin
Date: 2020
Publisher: Jeremy Rubin
Version: Source cited by the 2020 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0523
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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BIP 119, CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY. A new opcode, OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY, to be activated as a change to the semantics of OP_NOP4.

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Official source — BIP 119
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Canonical readingBIP 119 study
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Author–date

Rubin, J. (2020). CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY. Jeremy Rubin. https://bips.dev/119

BibTeX

@techreport{bip1192020,
  title = {CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY},
  author = {Jeremy Rubin},
  year = {2020},
  institution = {Jeremy Rubin},
  url = {https://bips.dev/119},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/bip-119}
}

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TI  - CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY
AU  - Jeremy Rubin
PY  - 2020
PB  - Jeremy Rubin
UR  - https://bips.dev/119
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
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Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
Rights: Official external source only
Training and retrieval: Not permitted from this site. There is no rights-cleared full text to retrieve or to train on.

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