rust-bitcoin / rust-bitcoin/rust-miniscript
Support for address / scriptPubKey descriptors, or expose the descriptor checksum helper
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- Rust
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Description
We use address descriptors downstream (because bitcoind doesn't support Miniscript descriptors yet), and we can't compute the address descriptor checksum without bitcoind short of copying the checksum code from here. (See https://github.com/revault/revaultd/pull/364.)
If rust-miniscript had support for address or scriptPubKey descriptors this would also solve the issue as we could just leverage their Display implem. It would be a preferable route if we think the checksum computation should be considered internal.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing descriptor checksum implementation referenced in the issue and revault/revaultd#364. Compare supporting address/scriptPubKey descriptors with exposing the checksum helper, then define which path fits the project's API; done means the chosen capability is available with matching checksum behavior covered by tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cryptography
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100