Bitcoin.org: The transaction example is missing the pubkey in the scriptSig-field

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It is not an error in the documentation.

The example spends a pay-to-pubkey output. The scriptPubKey of a p2pk output is:

...and hence only the signature is expected in the spending scriptSig.

Reference: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script#Obsolete_pay-to-pubkey_transaction

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It is not an error in the documentation.

The example spends a pay-to-pubkey output. The scriptPubKey of a p2pk output is:

...and hence only the signature is expected in the spending scriptSig.

Reference: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script#Obsolete_pay-to-pubkey_transaction

Kexkey picture Kexkey on 29 Nov 2017
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close?

RandyMcMillan picture RandyMcMillan on 6 Oct 2018
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Yes, close.

Sword-Smith picture Sword-Smith on 6 Oct 2018
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