<p>Those are from an early version of P2Pool, which mistakenly sent outputs to the literal string "script" rather than the variable <code>script</code>. This was naturally fixed, but left lying around are a number of these outputs. </p>

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<p>I have found that there are some strange outputs in the Litecoin blockchain that pay small amounts to the scriptPubKey <code>736372697074</code>. In ASCII, this translates to "script", reminding me of how nodes used to advertise support for P2SH by putting the string "/P2SH/" within a mined blocks coinbase's scriptSig. </p>

<p>The outputs have very small amounts, although they are unspendable since the 'p' ASCII character happens to correspond to OP_RETURN, and seem to show up in blocks between (roughly) blocks 81,374 and 114,829. </p>

<p>What are these outputs?</p>

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What are these strange outputs in the Litecoin blockchain?
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# What are these strange outputs in the Litecoin blockchain?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-01)

I have found that there are some strange outputs in the Litecoin blockchain that pay small amounts to the scriptPubKey `736372697074`. In ASCII, this translates to "script", reminding me of how nodes used to advertise support for P2SH by putting the string "/P2SH/" within a mined blocks coinbase's scriptSig.

The outputs have very small amounts, although they are unspendable since the 'p' ASCII character happens to correspond to OP\_RETURN, and seem to show up in blocks between (roughly) blocks 81,374 and 114,829.

What are these outputs?

**Tags:** litecoin, script


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-05-01. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Those are from an early version of P2Pool, which mistakenly sent outputs to the literal string "script" rather than the variable `script`. This was naturally fixed, but left lying around are a number of these outputs.


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