Decrypting Raw ScriptOutput: Extracting the ScriptPubKey
When receiving transactions from Bitcoin Core using zeroMQ, you are likely dealing with raw script output in JSON format. The «script» field contains a serialized version of a Bitcoin script, which is needed to retrieve the «scriptPubKey». This type represents the public key, which can be used for digital signatures and other cryptographic operations.
In this article, we will look at how to extract the scriptpubkey (the actual bytes representing the public key) from the raw script output.
Understanding Bitcoin ScriptFormat
Before we dive into the code, let’s quickly review the Bitcoin script format. In Bitcoin Core transactions, the “script” field is usually a string of the following:
OP_DUP: duplicates the current operand (in this case, the value)
OP_P2PKH: indicates that we are dealing with private keys
OP_D2SH: converts the script to a human-readable format
… and so on
The raw script output usually looks like this:
{value: 200,000,
script: <Puffer 00 20 e3 30 7e 8e 0b 63 0e 53 c2 f1 f8 17 06 7b ce 01 c4 38 92 83 3e 02 2d ad ...
}
Decoding ScriptOutput
To extract the "scriptPubKey", we need to decode the raw output of the script. As an example, we can use the following Python code snippet:
« python
json import
def extract_scriptpubkey(script_output):
Split the script into separate elements
elements = script_output[‘script’].split(‘\x00’)
Initialize the scriptpubkey variable
script_pubkey = None
Iterate over each element and try to decode it as a script signature
for the element in elements:
if element.startswith(‘OP_DUP’):
Extract the value of the duplicated operand (input)
value = int.from_bytes(element[7:9], byteorder=’large’)
Check that this is an OP_P2PKH instruction with a private key
if «P2SH» in element and «OP_01» in element:
Extract the public key from the input (assuming 1 based on indexing)
Ethereum: How do I get the scriptPubKey type from a raw output script?
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Decrypting Raw ScriptOutput: Extracting the ScriptPubKey
When receiving transactions from Bitcoin Core using zeroMQ, you are likely dealing with raw script output in JSON format. The «script» field contains a serialized version of a Bitcoin script, which is needed to retrieve the «scriptPubKey». This type represents the public key, which can be used for digital signatures and other cryptographic operations.
In this article, we will look at how to extract the scriptpubkey (the actual bytes representing the public key) from the raw script output.
Understanding Bitcoin ScriptFormat
Before we dive into the code, let’s quickly review the Bitcoin script format. In Bitcoin Core transactions, the “script” field is usually a string of the following:
OP_DUP
: duplicates the current operand (in this case, the value)OP_P2PKH
: indicates that we are dealing with private keysOP_D2SH
: converts the script to a human-readable formatThe raw script output usually looks like this:
Decoding ScriptOutput
To extract the "scriptPubKey", we need to decode the raw output of the script. As an example, we can use the following Python code snippet:
« python
json import
def extract_scriptpubkey(script_output):
Split the script into separate elements
elements = script_output[‘script’].split(‘\x00’)
Initialize the scriptpubkey variable
script_pubkey = None
Iterate over each element and try to decode it as a script signature
for the element in elements:
if element.startswith(‘OP_DUP’):
Extract the value of the duplicated operand (input)
value = int.from_bytes(element[7:9], byteorder=’large’)
Check that this is an OP_P2PKH instruction with a private key
if «P2SH» in element and «OP_01» in element:
Extract the public key from the input (assuming 1 based on indexing)
public_key = int.from_bytes(element[9:16], byteorder=’big’)
Set the scriptpubkey variable with the extracted public key
if script_pubkey is None:
script_pubkey = bytes([public_key])
else:
script_pubkey += bytes([public_key])
elif ‘P2SH’ in element and ‘OP_01’ in element:
Extract the public key from the input (assuming it is 1 based on indexing)
public_key = int.from_bytes(element[9:16], byteorder=’big’)
Set the scriptpubkey variable to a dummy value for the OP_DUP statement
if script_pubkey is None:
script_pubkey = bytes([public_key])
else:
script_pubkey += bytes([public_key])
elif ‘OP_01’ in element:
Extract the public key from the input (assuming it is based on indexing 1)
public_key = int.from_bytes(element[8:16], byteorder=’large’)
Set the scriptpubkey variable to a dummy value for the OP_DUP statement
if script_pubkey is None:
script_pubkey = bytes([public_key])
otherwise:
script_pubkey += bytes([public_key])
return script_pubkey
Usage example
script_output = json.loads(‘{«value»: 200000, «script»: «<buffer 00 20 e3 30 7e 8e 0b 63 0e 53 c2 f1 f8 17 06 7b ce 01 c4 38 32 d 8 … "}}")
script_pubkey = script_pubkey extract(script_output)
print (script_pubkey.