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Thanks for taking the time to explain this, I've been curious myself. Do you know why scripts aren't signed? I don't fully understand bitcoin but it seems like

by paulgb 13y ago

Thanks for taking the time to explain this, I've been curious myself. Do you know why scripts aren't signed? I don't fully understand bitcoin but it seems like they're an integral part of the transaction.

implr 13y ago
scriptSig (the second part of the script) contains the signature - it can't sign itself, but you can add other opcodes to it and that allows malleability.