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Taproot Control Blocks

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A Taproot control block is script-path witness data containing the internal key, output-key parity, and Merkle proof needed to verify that a revealed tapscript leaf was committed to the spent output.

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Curated resources (3)

• BIP 341: Taproot (article) Canonical control-block encoding and script-path validation rules.
• Bitcoin Optech Schnorr/Taproot Workshop (article) Workshop context for the script-path witness and Taproot tree verification.
• Mastering Bitcoin (book) Background for Taproot outputs and witness construction.

Direct prerequisites (1)

• TapLeaf Inclusion Proofs

Direct dependents (1)

• Taproot Script-Path Spends

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