lbcd/txscript/README.md
Dave Collins cbda064842 Import btcscript repo into txscript directory.
This commit contains the entire btcscript repository along with several
changes needed to move all of the files into the txscript directory in
order to prepare it for merging.  This does NOT update btcd or any of the
other packages to use the new location as that will be done separately.

- All import paths in the old btcscript test files have been changed to the
  new location
- All references to btcscript as the package name have been chagned to
  txscript

This is ongoing work toward #214.
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txscript
========
[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/btcsuite/btcd.png?branch=master)]
(https://travis-ci.org/btcsuite/btcd)
Package txscript implements the bitcoin transaction script language. There is
a comprehensive test suite. Package txscript is licensed under the liberal ISC
license.
This package has intentionally been designed so it can be used as a standalone
package for any projects needing to use or validate bitcoin transaction scripts.
## Bitcoin Scripts
Bitcoin provides a stack-based, FORTH-like langauge for the scripts in
the bitcoin transactions. This language is not turing complete
although it is still fairly powerful. A description of the language
can be found at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script
## Documentation
[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/txscript?status.png)]
(http://godoc.org/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/txscript)
Full `go doc` style documentation for the project can be viewed online without
installing this package by using the GoDoc site
[here](http://godoc.org/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/txscript).
You can also view the documentation locally once the package is installed with
the `godoc` tool by running `godoc -http=":6060"` and pointing your browser to
http://localhost:6060/pkg/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/txscript
## Installation
```bash
$ go get github.com/btcsuite/btcd/txscript
```
## Examples
* [Standard Pay-to-pubkey-hash Script]
(http://godoc.org/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/txscript#example-PayToAddrScript)
Demonstrates creating a script which pays to a bitcoin address. It also
prints the created script hex and uses the DisasmString function to display
the disassembled script.
* [Extracting Details from Standard Scripts]
(http://godoc.org/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/txscript#example-ExtractPkScriptAddrs)
Demonstrates extracting information from a standard public key script.
## GPG Verification Key
All official release tags are signed by Conformal so users can ensure the code
has not been tampered with and is coming from Conformal. To verify the
signature perform the following:
- Download the public key from the Conformal website at
https://opensource.conformal.com/GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt
- Import the public key into your GPG keyring:
```bash
gpg --import GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt
```
- Verify the release tag with the following command where `TAG_NAME` is a
placeholder for the specific tag:
```bash
git tag -v TAG_NAME
```
## License
Package txscript is licensed under the liberal ISC License.