Enable sighash default option for non-taproot(or tapscript) spend? #29857

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   ChrisCho-H commented at 4:23 pm on April 11, 2024: none

   Why does not enable sighash default for non-taproot transaction(i.e. p2pkh, p2sh, p2wpkh, p2wsh)? I think it’s great BIP341 adds sighash default to save a single byte, which could be huge in aggregate. As segwit v0 and legacy transactions still take a lot of portion, wouldn’t it be good to enable sighash default for them? It’s more efficient, and increases overall backward-compatiblity(without concern about malleability in my humble opinion).
2. ChrisCho-H added the label Feature on Apr 11, 2024
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   sipa commented at 4:29 pm on April 11, 2024: member

   That’s not possible without a hardforking consensus change, which would need extensive discussion and widespread agreement among the community.

   Furthermore, anyone who would be interested in the byte savings enabled by such a change could instead just migrate to using taproot, which would result in far larger savings for most users.

4. achow101 closed this on Apr 11, 2024

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