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fixup: include specifier for how elements -> witness_data
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Clarify how witness data gets packed for plebs like me
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niftynei committed Jul 7, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -423,7 +423,9 @@ This prevents deadlocks where each peer is waiting for the other peer to
send `tx_signatures`, and enables multiparty tx collaboration.

The `witness_data` is encoded as per bitcoin's wire protocol (a CompactSize number
of elements, with each element a CompactSize length and that many bytes following).
of elements, with each element a CompactSize length and that many bytes following.)
Each `witness_data` field contains all of the witness elements for a single input,
including the leading counter of elements.

While the `minimum fee` is calculated and verified at `tx_complete` conclusion,
it is possible for the fee for the exchanged witness data to be underpaid.
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