Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#28193: test: add script compression coverage for not-on-curve P2PK outputs #1117

DashCoreAutoGuix · 2025-08-09T10:20:14Z

Original commit: ef6329f

Backported from Bitcoin Core v0.28

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- Added a new test to verify that compression and decompression correctly handle P2PK scripts with uncompressed, invalid public keys not on the elliptic curve.

…-curve P2PK outputs 28287cf test: add script compression coverage for not-on-curve P2PK outputs (Sebastian Falbesoner) Pull request description: This PR adds unit test coverage for the script compression functions `{Compress,Decompress}Script` in the special case of uncompressed P2PK outputs (scriptPubKey: OP_PUSH65 <0x04 ....> OP_CHECKSIG) with [pubkeys that are not fully valid](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/44b05bf3fef2468783dcebf651654fdd30717e7e/src/pubkey.cpp#L297-L302), i.e. where the encoded point is not on the secp256k1 curve. For those outputs, script compression is not possible, as the y coordinate of the pubkey can't be recovered (see also call-site of `IsToPubKey`): https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/44b05bf3fef2468783dcebf651654fdd30717e7e/src/compressor.cpp#L49-L50 Likewise, for a compressed script of an uncompressed P2PK script (i.e. compression ids 4 and 5) where the x coordinate is not on the curve, decompression fails: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/44b05bf3fef2468783dcebf651654fdd30717e7e/src/compressor.cpp#L122-L129 Note that the term "compression" is used here in two different meanings (though they are related), which might be a little confusing. The encoding of a pubkey can either be compressed (33-bytes with 0x02/0x03 prefixes) or uncompressed (65-bytes with 0x04 prefix). On the other hand there is also compression for whole output scripts, which is used for storing scriptPubKeys in the UTXO set in a compact way (and also for the `dumptxoutset` result, accordingly). P2PK output scripts with uncompressed pubkeys get compressed by storing only the x-coordinate and the sign as a prefix (0x04 = even, 0x05 = odd). Was diving deeper into the subject while working on bitcoin#27432, where the script decompression of uncompressed P2PK needed special handling (see also bitcoin#24628 (comment)). Trivia: as of now (block 801066), there are 13 uncompressed P2PK outputs in the UTXO set with a pubkey not on the curve (which obviously means they are unspendable). ACKs for top commit: achow101: ACK 28287cf tdb3: ACK for 28287cf. cbergqvist: ACK 28287cf! marcofleon: Nicely done, ACK 28287cf. Built the PR branch, ran the unit and functional tests, everything passed. Tree-SHA512: 777b6c3065654fbfa1ce94926f4cadb91a9ca9dc4dd4af6008ad77bd1da5416f156ad0dfa880d26faab2e168bf9b27e0a068abc9a2be2534d82bee61ee055c65

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A new test case was added to the compression tests, specifically targeting the handling of Pay-to-PubKey (P2PK) scripts containing uncompressed public keys that are not fully valid (i.e., points not on the elliptic curve). The test verifies that compression and decompression functions correctly reject such invalid keys.

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New P2PK Invalid Key Compression Test `src/test/compress_tests.cpp`	Added a test case to verify compression and decompression behavior with P2PK scripts using uncompressed, invalid pubkeys.

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DashCoreAutoGuix · 2025-08-09T10:31:37Z

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Backport PR: #1117
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Size ratio: 103.0% (perfect match - within 80-150% range)
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Intent preservation: Adds unit test coverage for script compression edge cases with not-on-curve P2PK outputs
Scope: Clean test-only addition with no architectural changes

This PR adds comprehensive test coverage for script compression functions in the special case of uncompressed P2PK outputs with pubkeys that are not on the secp256k1 curve. The backport is faithful to Bitcoin's original implementation.

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