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Bitcoin script
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AlexR12
on 14/12/2017, 04:38:27 UTC
Hello!
I'm trying to understand Bitcoin scripts, but it seems like all sources that I find on the Internet assume that the reader has computer science background. For example, "Each transaction output doesn't just specify a public key. It actually specifies a script". Why? What's the problem with specifying just a public key? What breaks down in the design of Bitcoin if we don't use any scripts?