Output script descriptors

Also covering Descriptors

Output script descriptors are strings that contain all the information necessary to allow a wallet or other program to track payments made to or spent from a particular script or set of related scripts (i.e. an address or a set of related addresses such as in an HD wallet).

Descriptors combine well with miniscript in allowing a wallet to handle tracking and signing for a larger variety of scripts. They also combine well with PSBTs in allowing the wallet to determine which keys it controls in a multisig script.

Primary code and documentation

• Output script descriptors

Optech newsletter and website mentions

• 2019-10-16 Descriptors extended with sortedmulti
• 2019-02-19 Descriptor checksum support added
• 2018-10-30 Key origin support
• 2018-07-24 First use of descriptors in Bitcoin Core

See also

• Miniscript

• Partially-Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBTs)

  
  

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