commit 8d400d69d895d495550b01cb9a37bb8a30ae2f5a parent c95e0833e408e079ab2229e3bca186ce98c2cd94 Author: ThomasV <thomasv@electrum.org> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 22:27:06 +0100 release notes Diffstat:
| M | RELEASE-NOTES | | | 15 | ++++++++++----- |
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -39,15 +39,20 @@ These values are identical for mainnet and testnet; tpub/tprv prefixes are no longer used in testnet wallets. - - The Wallet Import Format (WIF) is similarly extended. After a - base58-encoded key is decoded to binary, its first byte encodes - the script type: + - The Wallet Import Format (WIF) is similarly extended for segwit + scripts. After a base58-encoded key is decoded to binary, its + first byte encodes the script type: + * 128 + 0: p2pkh * 128 + 1: p2wpkh - * 128 + 2: p2wpkh-p2sh + * 128 + 2: p2wpkh-in-p2sh * 128 + 5: p2sh * 128 + 6: p2wsh - * 128 + 7: p2wsh-p2sh + * 128 + 7: p2wsh-in-p2sh + + The distinction between p2sh and p2pkh in private key means that + it is not possible to import a p2sh private key and associate it + to a p2pkh address. * A new version of the Electrum protocol is required by the client (version 1.1). Servers using older versions of the protocol will