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BIP143: Explicitly mention the SignatureHash function

The purpose of BIP143 is to propose an updated SignatureHash function. However, the only keyword reference in the BIP text is "sighash" buried near the end, meanwhile some of the existing source code floating around does not use the name "transaction digest algorithm". Hopefully over time this will change. On a related note, SignatureHash is a really bizarre name....

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The purpose of BIP143 is to propose an updated SignatureHash function. However, the only keyword reference in the BIP text is "sighash" buried near the end, meanwhile some of the existing source code floating around does not use the name "transaction digest algorithm". Hopefully over time this will change. On a related note, SignatureHash is a really bizarre name....

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