Let's look at the transaction Alice created again. In the transaction input there is an unlocking script that contains the following DER-encoded signature from Alice's wallet:
Let's look at the transaction Alice ((("use cases", "buying coffee", id="alicesixtwo")))created again. In the transaction input there is an unlocking script that contains the following DER-encoded signature from Alice's wallet:
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Every day, hundreds of transactions that do not contain P2PKH outputs are confirmed on the blockchain. The blockchain explorers often present these with red warning messages saying they cannot decode an address. The following link contains the most recent "strange transactions" that were not fully decoded: https://blockchain.info/strange-transactions[].
As we will see in the next chapter, these are not necessarily strange transactions. They are transactions that contain more complex locking scripts than the common P2PKH. We will learn how to decode and understand more complex scripts and the applications they support next.((("", startref="Thigher06")))
As we will see in the next chapter, these are not necessarily strange transactions. They are transactions that contain more complex locking scripts than the common P2PKH. We will learn how to decode and understand more complex scripts and the applications they support next.((("", startref="Thigher06")))((("", startref="alicesixtwo")))
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