btcd

This commit adds a cleanup step in the function that decodes Bitcoin private keys from Wallet Import Format (WIF). It ensures a temporary mathematical value used to check the key is valid gets wiped from memory right after use, so the private key value does not linger in that temporary variable. This is a defensive memory-hygiene improvement rather than a fix for an active remote attack.

This commit fixes a bug in how btcd decodes Bitcoin private keys stored in the common Wallet Import Format (WIF). Previously, the software silently accepted invalid private keys, including the all-zero key and keys larger than the allowed secp256k1 group order. For keys larger than the allowed maximum, the library would quietly reduce the value modulo the group order, returning a different, valid-looking private key than the one actually encoded in the WIF. This could cause a wallet or application to import the wrong key without any warning, potentially leading to loss of funds or unexpected addresses. The fix now rejects these out-of-range keys and returns an error instead.

This commit adds a safety check in btcd's PSBT (Partially Signed Bitcoin Transaction) handling code. Previously, if a taproot leaf script entry was accidentally set to nil (empty/missing), the code could crash with a panic when trying to sort or encode the PSBT. The fix now rejects nil entries with a clear error message instead of crashing. This is a defensive hardening change rather than a remote exploit, but it prevents a denial-of-service-style crash for applications that process untrusted PSBTs.

This is a routine release-preparation commit. It removes temporary local path overrides in Go module files, pins submodules to newly published version tags, bumps one dependency version (btcec to v2.5.0), unifies the Go toolchain version to 1.25, and updates the project's own version number. There are no code logic changes and nothing in the commit suggests a security fix or vulnerability.

This is a large, routine refactoring commit. It updates the btcd project to use new 'v2' versions of its own Go modules (such as btcutil/v2, chaincfg/v2, wire/v2, txscript/v2, and a newly split-out address/v2 package) across the entire codebase. It also updates some third-party dependencies and Go version requirements. There is no indication of a security fix or vulnerability being addressed.

This commit is a routine code reorganization: it moves the PSBT (Partially Signed Bitcoin Transaction) package from a nested location under btcutil to a top-level module, updates internal import paths to use v2 module versions, and removes a dependency on btcutil. The diff shows files being deleted from btcutil/psbt and equivalent files being added under psbt/. There is no indication of a security bug fix, vulnerability patch, or behavior change intended to address an exploit.

This commit is a routine internal restructuring of the btcd project's Go module layout. It switches the btcutil package and its subpackages from the old module path to a new 'v2' path, and updates imports throughout the code to point at newly split-out submodules (address, chaincfg, chainhash, txscript, wire). It also copies one small helper function (HashMerkleBranches) into the bloom package to avoid depending on the blockchain package. There is no indication in the commit of any security bug being fixed.

This commit is a routine dependency update inside the btcd cryptocurrency project. It changes the btcec cryptographic package to use a newer version (v2) of the internal chainhash module instead of the older v1 path. No security bug is fixed or introduced in the visible code; it is purely an import-path and module-reference change.

This commit only updates version numbers in Go package files (go.mod and go.sum) to prepare for a new release. It does not change any actual program code, fix a bug, or alter behavior. There is no direct security issue visible in this change.

This commit adds support in btcd's transaction-signing code for a new Bitcoin output type called P2A (Pay-to-Anchor). P2A outputs are intentionally designed to be 'anyone-can-spend,' meaning no signature is needed to spend them. The change simply tells btcd to return an empty script when asked to sign such an output, rather than failing because it doesn't recognize the type. This is a feature addition to keep btcd compatible with Bitcoin's evolving protocol, not a fix for a vulnerability in the cryptographic sense. However, because P2A outputs are anyone-can-spend by design, any wallet or node that mishandles them could in theory lose funds placed in such outputs, so the change has security-adjacent relevance.

This commit only adds new test code for a previously fixed bug. It does not change any production code, so it cannot introduce or fix a live security issue on its own. The tests verify that a type called StringOrArray can be safely converted to JSON without getting stuck in infinite recursion, and that a 'warnings' field can accept either a single string or a list of strings.

This commit fixes a bug where a piece of code responsible for turning a list of text strings into JSON format accidentally called itself forever, eventually crashing the program with a stack overflow. The fix changes the code to convert the custom type to a plain list of strings before handing it to the JSON encoder, breaking the endless loop.

This commit only changes test code. It updates the expected error messages in a test file to match a newer version of a cryptographic library and swaps one test-comparison helper for another. There is no change to the actual signature-recovery logic that runs in production, so it does not create or fix a security vulnerability in live code.

This commit adds a new helper function called VerifyLowS to the btcd Bitcoin library's ECDSA signature code. Its purpose is to detect signatures whose 'S' value is in the mathematically equivalent but non-standard 'high-S' form, which can make signatures malleable (one valid signature can be transformed into another valid one). The commit also adds unit tests. It does not by itself change any consensus or network validation rules; it only provides a reusable utility for callers to enforce low-S if they choose.

This commit fixes a bug in btcd's transaction decoding where a malformed Bitcoin transaction could claim witness data larger than the internal decode buffer. Before the fix, this could cause a panic (crash) when the code tried to copy data into a too-small buffer. The patch adds a size check so the transaction is rejected cleanly instead of crashing the node.

This commit is a large repository import or rebase that adds the entire btcd codebase plus new GitHub templates, CI workflows, a Makefile, and Dockerfiles. The stated purpose is 'Dockerfile: update go base image'. The actual Dockerfile change moves the build base image from a pinned SHA256 digest of golang:1.23.12-alpine3.21 to a tag-based golang:1.22.11-alpine3.21 in the GitHub Actions Dockerfile. There is no direct code-level security fix visible in the diff; the security relevance is limited to supply-chain/dependency hygiene of the Go base image used in Docker builds.