The current Silent Payment implementation uses the standard Taproot script (Segwit V1).
This does not in any way affect the consensus or auditability rules. Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, August 17th, 2022 at 11:21 PM, <dam...@willtech.com.au> wrote: > Let's be clear, if Bitcoin allows secret payments that cannot be > publicly audited then they have exceeded the original consensus that > gave Bitcoin fungibility and I will be publicly disavowing Bitcoin and > advocating for a full sell down. Why don't you resurrect Monero. -DA. > > On 2022-08-17 10:08, woltx via bitcoin-dev wrote: > > > PR #24897 (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/24897) has been > > updated with a new silent payment version, which eliminates some > > manual steps from the previous version (such as the need to set the > > `keypool` to avoid costly multi-key scan). > > > > This is achieved by using a new descriptor type ("sp()") that has no > > range and contains exactly one key. > > > > Example: "sp(cQq73sG9....JD51uaRD)#9llg6xjm" > > > > This descriptor introduces a new type of output: "silent-payment". > > This output type returns a standard Taproot script (Segwit V1), but > > with HRP changed from "bc" to "sp" on the mainnet (or "tsp" on > > testnet and signet). > > > > This output type will always generate the same address (unless another > > "sp" descriptor is enabled on the same wallet). > > > > $ ./src/bitcoin-cli -signet getnewaddress '' 'silent-payment' > > tsp1pfmjyl7ecpmx8yf8cu6g3ez36jy7s9mzuh5pdnal3k0n588uzgmfs4s4fws > > > > To create a silent transaction, simply use the silent payment address > > as one of the outputs. > > > > The "send" RPC will automatically identify and tweak it. > > > > The transaction can contain multiple outputs, combining silent and > > standard addresses. > > > > I have written a step by step signet tutorial so reviewers can test > > this new version easily. > > > > https://gist.github.com/w0xlt/a7b498ac1ff14b8c292a22be789bd93f > > _______________________________________________ > > bitcoin-dev mailing list > > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
