Term

P2PKH

A common script type where the output can be spent by proving knowledge of the private key corresponding to a hashed public key.

Type:
script
address
Also known as:
Pay to Public Key Hash
1
basic

P2PKH locks an output to the hash of a public key. To spend it, the spender provides a signature and the public key, which hashes to the expected value.

Example 1.1

"Most legacy Bitcoin Cash addresses represent P2PKH outputs encoded in CashAddr format."

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