Besides transaction validation, are there any other uses of the Script language in Bitcoin ...

Fit odd number of triplets in a measure?

What was the last profitable war?

Derived column in a data extension

Does the transliteration of 'Dravidian' exist in Hindu scripture? Does 'Dravida' refer to a Geographical area or an ethnic group?

The Nth Gryphon Number

French equivalents of おしゃれは足元から (Every good outfit starts with the shoes)

Found this skink in my tomato plant bucket. Is he trapped? Or could he leave if he wanted?

Where and when has Thucydides been studied?

New Order #6: Easter Egg

Is the time—manner—place ordering of adverbials an oversimplification?

When to apply negative sign when number is squared

Vertical ranges of Column Plots in 12

Flight departed from the gate 5 min before scheduled departure time. Refund options

An isoperimetric-type inequality inside a cube

Centre cell vertically in tabularx

My mentor says to set image to Fine instead of RAW — how is this different from JPG?

Pointing to problems without suggesting solutions

Noise in Eigenvalues plot

"Destructive power" carried by a B-52?

Is there a verb for listening stealthily?

Should man-made satellites feature an intelligent inverted "cow catcher"?

Did John Wesley plagiarize Matthew Henry...?

How could a hydrazine and N2O4 cloud (or it's reactants) show up in weather radar?

newbie Q : How to read an output file in one command line



Besides transaction validation, are there any other uses of the Script language in Bitcoin



Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 23:30 UTC (7:30pm US/Eastern)
Vote early, vote often!How OP_EQUALVERIFY works in a standard transaction?Completely confused with mutisig address and scriptstxout script criteria (scriptpubkey critieria)Bitcoin script stack numbers formatVerifying a P2SH transaction script by hand. How should I concatenate OP CODES in order to hash the script?Why does the Genesis block coinbase input script push bits and the value 0x04 before the famous “Chancellor” message?Why does Bitcoin uses a Script language?How is a transaction formated/signed?How does copying main stack prevent malformed unlocking scripts vulnerabilities?Did the introduction of VerifyScript cause a backwards incompatible change to consensus?












1















Script's stack operations are used to validate signatures and scripts of transaction inputs and outputs. Is Script also used to validate block, network, or any other data?



Seem like there are a lot of OP codes not in use or deprecated. Why were they added in the first place? Am I missing something?










share|improve this question



























    1















    Script's stack operations are used to validate signatures and scripts of transaction inputs and outputs. Is Script also used to validate block, network, or any other data?



    Seem like there are a lot of OP codes not in use or deprecated. Why were they added in the first place? Am I missing something?










    share|improve this question

























      1












      1








      1








      Script's stack operations are used to validate signatures and scripts of transaction inputs and outputs. Is Script also used to validate block, network, or any other data?



      Seem like there are a lot of OP codes not in use or deprecated. Why were they added in the first place? Am I missing something?










      share|improve this question














      Script's stack operations are used to validate signatures and scripts of transaction inputs and outputs. Is Script also used to validate block, network, or any other data?



      Seem like there are a lot of OP codes not in use or deprecated. Why were they added in the first place? Am I missing something?







      script transaction-verification validation






      share|improve this question













      share|improve this question











      share|improve this question




      share|improve this question










      asked 2 hours ago









      Pedro GonçalvesPedro Gonçalves

      786




      786






















          1 Answer
          1






          active

          oldest

          votes


















          2















          Is Script also used to validate block, network, or any other data?




          No. Scripts are only included in transactions and can only read some data from the transaction and the block the transaction is included in. Scripts are only used for transaction validation as they specify the conditions required to spend an output.




          Seem like there are a lot of OP codes not in use or deprecated. Why were they added in the first place? Am I missing something?




          To allow for scripts that can have a lot of different conditions. Those opcodes can be used to create smart contracts on Bitcoin.



          There are some opcodes that are disabled (nothing is "deprecated") because they can be abused to perform various attacks on nodes verifying transactions containing them.






          share|improve this answer
























            Your Answer








            StackExchange.ready(function() {
            var channelOptions = {
            tags: "".split(" "),
            id: "308"
            };
            initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

            StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
            // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
            if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
            StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
            createEditor();
            });
            }
            else {
            createEditor();
            }
            });

            function createEditor() {
            StackExchange.prepareEditor({
            heartbeatType: 'answer',
            autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
            convertImagesToLinks: false,
            noModals: true,
            showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
            reputationToPostImages: null,
            bindNavPrevention: true,
            postfix: "",
            imageUploader: {
            brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
            contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
            allowUrls: true
            },
            noCode: true, onDemand: true,
            discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
            ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
            });


            }
            });














            draft saved

            draft discarded


















            StackExchange.ready(
            function () {
            StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fbitcoin.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f86187%2fbesides-transaction-validation-are-there-any-other-uses-of-the-script-language%23new-answer', 'question_page');
            }
            );

            Post as a guest















            Required, but never shown

























            1 Answer
            1






            active

            oldest

            votes








            1 Answer
            1






            active

            oldest

            votes









            active

            oldest

            votes






            active

            oldest

            votes









            2















            Is Script also used to validate block, network, or any other data?




            No. Scripts are only included in transactions and can only read some data from the transaction and the block the transaction is included in. Scripts are only used for transaction validation as they specify the conditions required to spend an output.




            Seem like there are a lot of OP codes not in use or deprecated. Why were they added in the first place? Am I missing something?




            To allow for scripts that can have a lot of different conditions. Those opcodes can be used to create smart contracts on Bitcoin.



            There are some opcodes that are disabled (nothing is "deprecated") because they can be abused to perform various attacks on nodes verifying transactions containing them.






            share|improve this answer




























              2















              Is Script also used to validate block, network, or any other data?




              No. Scripts are only included in transactions and can only read some data from the transaction and the block the transaction is included in. Scripts are only used for transaction validation as they specify the conditions required to spend an output.




              Seem like there are a lot of OP codes not in use or deprecated. Why were they added in the first place? Am I missing something?




              To allow for scripts that can have a lot of different conditions. Those opcodes can be used to create smart contracts on Bitcoin.



              There are some opcodes that are disabled (nothing is "deprecated") because they can be abused to perform various attacks on nodes verifying transactions containing them.






              share|improve this answer


























                2












                2








                2








                Is Script also used to validate block, network, or any other data?




                No. Scripts are only included in transactions and can only read some data from the transaction and the block the transaction is included in. Scripts are only used for transaction validation as they specify the conditions required to spend an output.




                Seem like there are a lot of OP codes not in use or deprecated. Why were they added in the first place? Am I missing something?




                To allow for scripts that can have a lot of different conditions. Those opcodes can be used to create smart contracts on Bitcoin.



                There are some opcodes that are disabled (nothing is "deprecated") because they can be abused to perform various attacks on nodes verifying transactions containing them.






                share|improve this answer














                Is Script also used to validate block, network, or any other data?




                No. Scripts are only included in transactions and can only read some data from the transaction and the block the transaction is included in. Scripts are only used for transaction validation as they specify the conditions required to spend an output.




                Seem like there are a lot of OP codes not in use or deprecated. Why were they added in the first place? Am I missing something?




                To allow for scripts that can have a lot of different conditions. Those opcodes can be used to create smart contracts on Bitcoin.



                There are some opcodes that are disabled (nothing is "deprecated") because they can be abused to perform various attacks on nodes verifying transactions containing them.







                share|improve this answer












                share|improve this answer



                share|improve this answer










                answered 38 mins ago









                Andrew ChowAndrew Chow

                33.8k42462




                33.8k42462






























                    draft saved

                    draft discarded




















































                    Thanks for contributing an answer to Bitcoin Stack Exchange!


                    • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

                    But avoid



                    • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

                    • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.


                    To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




                    draft saved


                    draft discarded














                    StackExchange.ready(
                    function () {
                    StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fbitcoin.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f86187%2fbesides-transaction-validation-are-there-any-other-uses-of-the-script-language%23new-answer', 'question_page');
                    }
                    );

                    Post as a guest















                    Required, but never shown





















































                    Required, but never shown














                    Required, but never shown












                    Required, but never shown







                    Required, but never shown

































                    Required, but never shown














                    Required, but never shown












                    Required, but never shown







                    Required, but never shown







                    Popular posts from this blog

                    Gersau Kjelder | Navigasjonsmeny46°59′0″N 8°31′0″E46°59′0″N...

                    Hestehale Innhaldsliste Hestehale på kvinner | Hestehale på menn | Galleri | Sjå òg |...

                    What is the “three and three hundred thousand syndrome”?Who wrote the book Arena?What five creatures were...