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TapLeaf Inclusion Proofs
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TapLeaf inclusion proofs provide the Merkle sibling hashes needed to prove that a revealed tapscript leaf belonged to the TapTree committed by a Taproot output. They are the evidence that links one script-path spend to the hidden tree committed at creation time.
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- BIP 341: Taproot (article) Formal witness rules for proving a tapleaf was part of the committed TapTree.
- Bitcoin Optech Schnorr/Taproot Workshop (article) Workshop module 2.4 walks through spending with one script and providing proof it was in the committed tree.
- Programming Bitcoin (book) Deeper walk-through of the cryptography, scripting, and transaction mechanics behind this topic.
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