👨💻 P2SH Goes Live
Bitcoin got smarter on April 1, 2012, at block 173,805 — P2SH went live. Instead of locking coins to a single key, it let users send funds to a script hash. The spending rules? Hidden until needed, enabling multisig wallets and more flexible transactions.
Visit 21ideas.org to find out more about P2SH and other Bitcoin address types.
https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2012-04-01/p2sh-goes-live
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