Difference between revisions of "Pushdata Opcodes"

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=== OP_PUSHDATA1 ===
 
=== OP_PUSHDATA1 ===
OP_PUSHDATA1 is used to push data of a length from 75 to 255 bytes long onto the stack.
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OP_PUSHDATA1 is used to push data of a length from 75 to 255 bytes onto the stack.
  
 
=== OP_PUSHDATA2 ===
 
=== OP_PUSHDATA2 ===
OP_PUSHDATA2 is used to push data of length from 256 bytes up to 64,000 bytes long onto the stack.
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OP_PUSHDATA2 is used to push data of length from 256 bytes up to 64 KB onto the stack.
  
 
=== OP_PUSHDATA4 ===
 
=== OP_PUSHDATA4 ===
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OP_PUSHDATA2 is used to push data of length from 64,001 bytes up to 4.3 GB onto the stack.

Revision as of 00:50, 13 January 2020

The pushdata opcodes push the next bytes of data onto the stack. Opcodes 1-75 simply push the next bytes of data onto the stack without a necessity to specify how many bytes to push.

OP_PUSHDATA1

OP_PUSHDATA1 is used to push data of a length from 75 to 255 bytes onto the stack.

OP_PUSHDATA2

OP_PUSHDATA2 is used to push data of length from 256 bytes up to 64 KB onto the stack.

OP_PUSHDATA4

OP_PUSHDATA2 is used to push data of length from 64,001 bytes up to 4.3 GB onto the stack.