Bitcoin Scripts Bitcoin uses a scripting system for transactions . Script is simple, stack-based, and processed from left to right. It is intentionally not Turing-complete, with no loops. A script is essentially a list of instructions recorded with each transaction that describe how the next person wanting to spend the Bitcoins being transferred can gain access to them. The script for a typical Bitcoin transfer to destination Bitcoin address D simply encumbers future spending of the bitcoins with two things: the spender must provide a public key that, when hashed, yields destination address D embedded in the script, and a signature to prove ownership of the private key corresponding to the public key just provided. Scripting provides the flexibility to change the parameters of what's needed to spend transferred Bitcoin...