Opcodes · introspection · enabled

OP_OUTPOINTTXHASH (0xc8)

Pushes the hash of the transaction that created the output spent by input i. Fails if the index is out of range.

Verified
Stack in → out
i → txhash
Cost
Base instruction cost 100 plus the byte length of the pushed result (2025 VM limits).
Bitcoin status
Not in Bitcoin (BTC)BTC has no native introspection opcodes. In Tapscript (BIP-342) this byte is an OP_SUCCESSx code reserved for future soft forks.

Example

OP_0 OP_OUTPOINTTXHASH

Step through it opcode by opcode in Bitauth IDE, the in-browser BCH VM debugger.

Sources

  1. CHIP-2021-02 Native Introspection Opcodes
  2. Libauth BCH_2023_05 opcodes (bch-2023-opcodes.ts)
  3. CHIP-2021-05 VM Limits: Targeted Virtual Machine Limits