798a589aff64b83a0844688a661f4bd987c3340c wallet: extract PubKey from P2PK script with Solver (Sebastian Falbesoner)
Pull request description:
The function `ExtractPubKey()` checks if a given script matches the P2PK pattern (`<PubKey> OP_CHECKSIG`), extracts the PubKey and additionally checks if it is cryptographically valid (full validation with ECC library via `CPubKey::IsFullyValid()`). Currently this is done manually in the following order: 1. check if first script OP is data push with valid PubKey length (first part of pattern match), extract PubKey 2. create `CPubKey` object with extracted PubKey 3. fully validate public key 4. check if last script OP is `OP_CHECKSIG` (second part of pattern match) Using Solver, the pattern matching and PubKey extraction can be done via a single step, leading to the following simplified order with shorter code: 1. check if given script matches P2PK pattern with Solver (also contains valid PubKey length check), extracts Pubkey 2. create `CPubKey` object with extracted Pubkey 3. fully validate public key
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16753/commits/798a589aff64b83a0844688a661f4bd987c3340c
Backport of Core PR16753