i wouldnt worry about them yet. they arent used anywhere in the blockchain and they are for future transaction types. they control which parents of the tx arent hashed.
together with them you can make replaceable transactions using sequence numbers for example.
Anyway if anyone wants some raw code to do OP_CHECKSIG then libbitcoin has a unit test under tests/ec-key.cpp (make ec-key && ./bin/tests/ec-key)... Will upload tomorrow togther with my script system's working OP_CHECKSIG once I've cleaned it all up internally:
#include
#include
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using libbitcoin::elliptic_curve_key;
using libbitcoin::serializer;
using libbitcoin::hash_digest;
using libbitcoin::data_chunk;
using libbitcoin::log_info;
using libbitcoin::log_fatal;
int main()
{
serializer ss;
// blk number 170, tx 1, input 0
// version = 1
ss.write_4_bytes(1);
// 1 inputs
ss.write_var_uint(1);
// input 0
// prevout hash
ss.write_hash(hash_digest{0x04, 0x37, 0xcd, 0x7f, 0x85, 0x25, 0xce, 0xed, 0x23, 0x24, 0x35, 0x9c, 0x2d, 0x0b, 0xa2, 0x60, 0x06, 0xd9, 0x2d, 0x85, 0x6a, 0x9c, 0x20, 0xfa, 0x02, 0x41, 0x10, 0x6e, 0xe5, 0xa5, 0x97, 0xc9});
// prevout index
ss.write_4_bytes(0);
// input script after running OP_CHECKSIG for this tx is a single
// OP_CHECKSIG opcode
data_chunk raw_data;
raw_data = {0x04, 0x11, 0xdb, 0x93, 0xe1, 0xdc, 0xdb, 0x8a, 0x01, 0x6b, 0x49, 0x84, 0x0f, 0x8c, 0x53, 0xbc, 0x1e, 0xb6, 0x8a, 0x38, 0x2e, 0x97, 0xb1, 0x48, 0x2e, 0xca, 0xd7, 0xb1, 0x48, 0xa6, 0x90, 0x9a, 0x5c, 0xb2, 0xe0, 0xea, 0xdd, 0xfb, 0x84, 0xcc, 0xf9, 0x74, 0x44, 0x64, 0xf8, 0x2e, 0x16, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x9b, 0x8b, 0x64, 0xf9, 0xd4, 0xc0, 0x3f, 0x99, 0x9b, 0x86, 0x43, 0xf6, 0x56, 0xb4, 0x12, 0xa3};
data_chunk raw_script;
raw_script = data_chunk();
raw_script.push_back(raw_data.size());
libbitcoin::extend_data(raw_script, raw_data);
raw_script.push_back(172);
ss.write_var_uint(raw_script.size());
ss.write_data(raw_script);
// sequence
ss.write_4_bytes(0xffffffff);
// 2 outputs for this tx
ss.write_var_uint(2);
// output 0
ss.write_8_bytes(1000000000);
// script for output 0
raw_data = {0x04, 0xae, 0x1a, 0x62, 0xfe, 0x09, 0xc5, 0xf5, 0x1b, 0x13, 0x90, 0x5f, 0x07, 0xf0, 0x6b, 0x99, 0xa2, 0xf7, 0x15, 0x9b, 0x22, 0x25, 0xf3, 0x74, 0xcd, 0x37, 0x8d, 0x71, 0x30, 0x2f, 0xa2, 0x84, 0x14, 0xe7, 0xaa, 0xb3, 0x73, 0x97, 0xf5, 0x54, 0xa7, 0xdf, 0x5f, 0x14, 0x2c, 0x21, 0xc1, 0xb7, 0x30, 0x3b, 0x8a, 0x06, 0x26, 0xf1, 0xba, 0xde, 0xd5, 0xc7, 0x2a, 0x70, 0x4f, 0x7e, 0x6c, 0xd8, 0x4c};
// when data < 75, we can just write it's length as a single byte ('special'
// opcodes)
raw_script = data_chunk();
raw_script.push_back(raw_data.size());
libbitcoin::extend_data(raw_script, raw_data);
// OP_CHECKSIG
raw_script.push_back(172);
// now actually write the script
ss.write_var_uint(raw_script.size());
ss.write_data(raw_script);
// output 0
ss.write_8_bytes(4000000000);
// script for output 0
raw_data = {0x04, 0x11, 0xdb, 0x93, 0xe1, 0xdc, 0xdb, 0x8a, 0x01, 0x6b, 0x49, 0x84, 0x0f, 0x8c, 0x53, 0xbc, 0x1e, 0xb6, 0x8a, 0x38, 0x2e, 0x97, 0xb1, 0x48, 0x2e, 0xca, 0xd7, 0xb1, 0x48, 0xa6, 0x90, 0x9a, 0x5c, 0xb2, 0xe0, 0xea, 0xdd, 0xfb, 0x84, 0xcc, 0xf9, 0x74, 0x44, 0x64, 0xf8, 0x2e, 0x16, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x9b, 0x8b, 0x64, 0xf9, 0xd4, 0xc0, 0x3f, 0x99, 0x9b, 0x86, 0x43, 0xf6, 0x56, 0xb4, 0x12, 0xa3};
// when data < 75, we can just write it's length as a single byte ('special'
raw_script.push_back(raw_data.size());
libbitcoin::extend_data(raw_script, raw_data);
// OP_CHECKSIG
raw_script.push_back(172);
// now actually write the script
ss.write_var_uint(raw_script.size());
ss.write_data(raw_script);
// End of 2 outputs
// locktime
ss.write_4_bytes(0);
// write hash_type_code
ss.write_4_bytes(1);
// Dump hex to screen
log_info() << "hashing:";
{
auto log_obj = log_info();
log_obj << std::hex;
for (int val: ss.get_data())
log_obj << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << val << ' ';
}
log_info();
data_chunk raw_tx = {0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0xc9, 0x97, 0xa5, 0xe5, 0x6e, 0x10, 0x41, 0x02, 0xfa, 0x20, 0x9c, 0x6a, 0x85, 0x2d, 0xd9, 0x06, 0x60, 0xa2, 0x0b, 0x2d, 0x9c, 0x35, 0x24, 0x23, 0xed, 0xce, 0x25, 0x85, 0x7f, 0xcd, 0x37, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x43, 0x41, 0x04, 0x11, 0xdb, 0x93, 0xe1, 0xdc, 0xdb, 0x8a, 0x01, 0x6b, 0x49, 0x84, 0x0f, 0x8c, 0x53, 0xbc, 0x1e, 0xb6, 0x8a, 0x38, 0x2e, 0x97, 0xb1, 0x48, 0x2e, 0xca, 0xd7, 0xb1, 0x48, 0xa6, 0x90, 0x9a, 0x5c, 0xb2, 0xe0, 0xea, 0xdd, 0xfb, 0x84, 0xcc, 0xf9, 0x74, 0x44, 0x64, 0xf8, 0x2e, 0x16, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x9b, 0x8b, 0x64, 0xf9, 0xd4, 0xc0, 0x3f, 0x99, 0x9b, 0x86, 0x43, 0xf6, 0x56, 0xb4, 0x12, 0xa3, 0xac, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x02, 0x00, 0xca, 0x9a, 0x3b, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x43, 0x41, 0x04, 0xae, 0x1a, 0x62, 0xfe, 0x09, 0xc5, 0xf5, 0x1b, 0x13, 0x90, 0x5f, 0x07, 0xf0, 0x6b, 0x99, 0xa2, 0xf7, 0x15, 0x9b, 0x22, 0x25, 0xf3, 0x74, 0xcd, 0x37, 0x8d, 0x71, 0x30, 0x2f, 0xa2, 0x84, 0x14, 0xe7, 0xaa, 0xb3, 0x73, 0x97, 0xf5, 0x54, 0xa7, 0xdf, 0x5f, 0x14, 0x2c, 0x21, 0xc1, 0xb7, 0x30, 0x3b, 0x8a, 0x06, 0x26, 0xf1, 0xba, 0xde, 0xd5, 0xc7, 0x2a, 0x70, 0x4f, 0x7e, 0x6c, 0xd8, 0x4c, 0xac, 0x00, 0x28, 0x6b, 0xee, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x43, 0x41, 0x04, 0x11, 0xdb, 0x93, 0xe1, 0xdc, 0xdb, 0x8a, 0x01, 0x6b, 0x49, 0x84, 0x0f, 0x8c, 0x53, 0xbc, 0x1e, 0xb6, 0x8a, 0x38, 0x2e, 0x97, 0xb1, 0x48, 0x2e, 0xca, 0xd7, 0xb1, 0x48, 0xa6, 0x90, 0x9a, 0x5c, 0xb2, 0xe0, 0xea, 0xdd, 0xfb, 0x84, 0xcc, 0xf9, 0x74, 0x44, 0x64, 0xf8, 0x2e, 0x16, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x9b, 0x8b, 0x64, 0xf9, 0xd4, 0xc0, 0x3f, 0x99, 0x9b, 0x86, 0x43, 0xf6, 0x56, 0xb4, 0x12, 0xa3, 0xac, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
BITCOIN_ASSERT(raw_tx == ss.get_data());
hash_digest tx_hash = libbitcoin::generate_sha256_hash(ss.get_data());
data_chunk pubkey{0x04, 0x11, 0xdb, 0x93, 0xe1, 0xdc, 0xdb, 0x8a, 0x01, 0x6b, 0x49, 0x84, 0x0f, 0x8c, 0x53, 0xbc, 0x1e, 0xb6, 0x8a, 0x38, 0x2e, 0x97, 0xb1, 0x48, 0x2e, 0xca, 0xd7, 0xb1, 0x48, 0xa6, 0x90, 0x9a, 0x5c, 0xb2, 0xe0, 0xea, 0xdd, 0xfb, 0x84, 0xcc, 0xf9, 0x74, 0x44, 0x64, 0xf8, 0x2e, 0x16, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x9b, 0x8b, 0x64, 0xf9, 0xd4, 0xc0, 0x3f, 0x99, 0x9b, 0x86, 0x43, 0xf6, 0x56, 0xb4, 0x12, 0xa3};
// Leave out last byte since that's the hash_type_code (SIGHASH_ALL in this
// case)
data_chunk signature{0x30, 0x44, 0x02, 0x20, 0x4e, 0x45, 0xe1, 0x69, 0x32, 0xb8, 0xaf, 0x51, 0x49, 0x61, 0xa1, 0xd3, 0xa1, 0xa2, 0x5f, 0xdf, 0x3f, 0x4f, 0x77, 0x32, 0xe9, 0xd6, 0x24, 0xc6, 0xc6, 0x15, 0x48, 0xab, 0x5f, 0xb8, 0xcd, 0x41, 0x02, 0x20, 0x18, 0x15, 0x22, 0xec, 0x8e, 0xca, 0x07, 0xde, 0x48, 0x60, 0xa4, 0xac, 0xdd, 0x12, 0x90, 0x9d, 0x83, 0x1c, 0xc5, 0x6c, 0xbb, 0xac, 0x46, 0x22, 0x08, 0x22, 0x21, 0xa8, 0x76, 0x8d, 0x1d, 0x09};
BITCOIN_ASSERT(signature.size() == 70);
elliptic_curve_key key;
if (!key.set_public_key(pubkey))
{
log_fatal() << "unable to set EC public key";
return -1;
}
log_info() << "checksig returns: " << (key.verify(tx_hash, signature) ? "true" : "false");
return 0;
}
BTW that's the first spent tx in bitcoin from block 170,
http://blockexplorer.com/block/00000000d1145790a8694403d4063f323d499e655c83426834d4ce2f8dd4a2eehttp://blockexplorer.com/tx/f4184fc596403b9d638783cf57adfe4c75c605f6356fbc91338530e9831e9e16 
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