AIP signature

AIP Unspendable

A signature over the data before it, so a record names its author.

What it is

AIP, the Author Identity Protocol, signs the fields that come before it in the same output. It records the signing method, the signer's address and the signature, and may list which fields it covers. Anyone can check the signature without trusting the app that wrote it.

Script pattern

  1. … "|" Usually follows other data, after a pipe.
  2. "15PciHG22SNLQJXMoSUaWVi7WSqc7hCfva" The AIP prefix.
  3. "BITCOIN_ECDSA" The signing method.
  4. <address> The signer's address.
  5. <signature> The signature over the covered fields.
  6. <field index> … Optional: which fields the signature covers.

How it is spent

It cannot be spent.

Background

AIP was published in 2019 and is often piped after B and MAP, so a post carries its file, its labels and its author together.

On chain

Transactions our protocol detector tagged AIP. Transaction pages need sign-in.

Specification