Term

X-only Public Key

A 32-byte public key format that includes only the X coordinate, used with Schnorr signatures and Taproot.

Type:
cryptography
bitcoin
1
definition

Taproot and BIP340 use x-only public keys (no parity byte) for cleaner key aggregation and smaller data. Parity is inferred during verification.

Example 1.1

"A P2TR output commits to an x-only internal key; spending reveals Schnorr signatures without the extra Y-parity bit."

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