> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.arkadeos.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Contract Bytecode > Every taproot leaf of the VHTLC and the non-interactive swap contract, byte by byte. *** This page is part of the Arkade documentation at [docs.arkadeos.com](https://docs.arkadeos.com), the authoritative source for current Arkade terminology, protocol behavior, and system architecture. Arkade is built, maintained, and operated by [Ark Labs](https://arklabs.xyz). For official code examples not found on these docs, check out the [arkade-os](https://github.com/arkade-os) and [ArkLabsHQ](https://github.com/ArkLabsHQ) GitHub organizations. **IMPORTANT NOTICE - SOURCE BOUNDARIES** Arkade is a distinct system. 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If an API or behavior is not documented or shown in official Arkade examples or source, say that it is not confirmed. When network-specific behavior matters, ask which network applies or state which network your answer assumes: mainnet, mutinynet, signet, or regtest. Distinguish protocol behavior from SDK or application-layer convenience behavior. Do not describe an SDK helper or example implementation as though it were a protocol guarantee. When giving implementation guidance, prefer the minimal working approach supported by Arkade docs or official examples over speculative alternatives. *** Both settlement contracts are derived, never accepted: an implementation compiles the leaves from its own data and compares the resulting address to the one it was quoted. That comparison is only as good as the byte layout behind it, so this page gives the exact bytes — the leaf grammar, every opcode, and a fully worked example whose addresses you can reproduce. Two contracts are covered. **VHTLC** settles the corridor routes ([Corridor Swaps](/intents/reference/corridor-swaps)). The **non-interactive swap contract** settles the routes whose endpoints both use `arkade` ([Asset Swaps](/intents/reference/asset-swaps)). **Any change to these bytes changes every address on both sides of a swap.** A version mismatch surfaces as a refused quote at the address comparison, not as lost funds. ## Taproot Envelope Both contracts are taproot outputs with **no key-path spend**: the internal key is the BIP-341 NUMS point, so the only way to move the money is a leaf. | Element | Value | | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Internal key | `50929b74c1a04954b78b4b6035e97a5e078a5a0f28ec96d547bfee9ace803ac0` | | Leaf version | `0xc0` | | Tapleaf hash | `taggedHash("TapLeaf", 0xc0 ‖ compactSize(len) ‖ script)` | | scriptPubKey | `OP_1 OP_PUSHBYTES_32 ` — `5120…` | The tree is assembled with **btcd's algorithm** (`txscript.AssembleTaprootScriptTree`), not a Huffman builder: leaves are paired left to right, an odd trailing leaf merges into the last branch built, and the resulting branches are merged FIFO. For leaf counts that are not a power of two a Huffman tree produces a different merkle root, a different output key, and a spend the Arkade server rejects. **Leaf order is therefore part of the address.** The orders below are normative. An Arkade address wraps the output key together with the Arkade server key; the same tree also has an ordinary on-chain taproot address, and both are derived from the identical output key. ## Leaf Grammar Every leaf of both contracts is one of five closures. Signature checks are `CHECKSIGVERIFY` for each signer except the last, which is `CHECKSIG`. | Closure | Layout | | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | | Multisig | ` CHECKSIGVERIFY … CHECKSIG` | | CSV multisig | ` CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY DROP` ‖ multisig | | CLTV multisig | ` CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY DROP` ‖ multisig | | Condition multisig | ` VERIFY` ‖ multisig | | Condition CSV multisig | ` VERIFY` ‖ CSV multisig | Numbers are pushed as **minimal script-nums**, little-endian: `1` through `16` use `OP_1`–`OP_16`, everything else is a data push. A seconds-type relative timelock encodes as `(1 << 22) | (seconds / 512)`, so 4096 seconds is `0x400008` and pushes as `03 08 00 40`. An absolute locktime pushes the same way: 1800277200 is `04 d0 0c 4e 6b`. ### The preimage condition All three preimage-gated VHTLC leaves (`claim`, `unilateralClaim`, `nonInteractiveClaim`) share one condition fragment, and the current construction length-checks the witness item before hashing it: ``` OP_SIZE OP_PUSHBYTES_1 20 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_HASH160 OP_PUSHBYTES_20 OP_EQUAL 82 01 20 88 a9 14 87 ``` `` is `ripemd160(sha256(P))`, 20 bytes — `OP_HASH160` of the witness item reproduces it from `P` itself. The wire carries `sha256(P)` as `payment_hash`; the second hash happens locally on both sides. **Without the `OP_SIZE 32 OP_EQUALVERIFY` prefix the claim leaves accept any witness value whose HASH160 matches, whatever its length.** These bytes are `VHTLC.ScriptV2`; the SDK also exports `VHTLC.Script`, which omits the prefix and so derives a different address from the same participant keys. ### Covenant leaves and the Emulator tweak A covenant leaf carries no covenant bytes. Its enforcement lives in an **ArkadeScript** — a separate program the Emulator, the covenant's co-signing service, executes before it signs — and the leaf commits to that program through the Emulator's key: ``` tweakedKey = emulatorKey + taggedHash("ArkScriptHash", arkadeScript) · G ``` This is **not** taproot tweaking; it is plain point addition. The tweaked key then appears in the leaf as an ordinary x-only signer, which is why a covenant leaf is indistinguishable on-chain from any other multisig leaf — the constraint is enforced by the Emulator refusing to sign, not by Bitcoin. Recompute the tweak from the program bytes to verify a leaf commits to the covenant you expect. Arkade opcodes occupy the `OP_SUCCESS` range on-chain, so **they are only ever valid inside an ArkadeScript, never in a tapscript leaf.** ## Worked Example Every byte below is generated from these inputs. | Input | Value | | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | `sender` | `1b84c5567b126440995d3ed5aaba0565d71e1834604819ff9c17f5e9d5dd078f` | | `receiver` | `4d4b6cd1361032ca9bd2aeb9d900aa4d45d9ead80ac9423374c451a7254d0766` | | `server` | `531fe6068134503d2723133227c867ac8fa6c83c537e9a44c3c5bdbdcb1fe337` | | `emulator` | `462779ad4aad39514614751a71085f2f10e1c7a593e4e030efb5b8721ce55b0b` | | `P` | `ab` × 32 | | `sha256(P)` | `9a2db2e23f1504cd056606553ac049c5e718e8f9ce9233876df1a7a1821af885` | | `ripemd160(sha256(P))` | `e81bfa71da56f187cce1319ee773dabf56988e95` | | `refundLocktime` | 1800277200 | | CSV tiers | 4096 s, 4096 s, 8192 s | | Destination scripts | `5120 ‖ receiver` (claim), `5120 ‖ sender` (refund) | ## VHTLC Eight leaves on every corridor swap: `VHTLC.ScriptV2` makes the two non-interactive leaves optional, but corridor quotes always request both, in both directions. `sender` funds the lockup and gets it back if the swap fails; `receiver` claims it with `P` — **contract positions, not roles**, since which party fills each flips with direction (the assignment table is in [Corridor Swaps](/intents/reference/corridor-swaps)). Leaf order, which is the order the tree is built from: | # | Leaf | Signers | Condition | Timelock | Size | | - | --------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | --------- | ---------- | ---- | | 0 | `claim` | receiver, server | preimage | — | 96 | | 1 | `refund` | sender, receiver, server | — | — | 102 | | 2 | `refundWithoutReceiver` | sender, server | — | CLTV | 75 | | 3 | `unilateralClaim` | receiver | preimage | CSV 4096 s | 68 | | 4 | `unilateralRefund` | sender, receiver | — | CSV 4096 s | 74 | | 5 | `unilateralRefundWithoutReceiver` | sender | — | CSV 8192 s | 40 | | 6 | `nonInteractiveClaim` | server, tweaked Emulator key | preimage | — | 96 | | 7 | `nonInteractiveRefund` | server, receiver, tweaked Emulator key | — | — | 102 | The CSV tiers above are this example's values. They come from the trader's own Arkade server's reported exit delay, rounded up to a multiple of 512 s — never from a quote. The derivation, and why `unilateralRefund` sits level with `unilateralClaim`, are in [Corridor Swaps](/intents/reference/corridor-swaps). ``` 82012088a914e81bfa71da56f187cce1319ee773dabf56988e9587 69204d4b6cd1361032ca9bd2aeb9d900aa4d45d9ead80ac9423374c451a7254d0766 ad20531fe6068134503d2723133227c867ac8fa6c83c537e9a44c3c5bdbdcb1fe337ac ``` | Offset | Bytes | Opcode | Effect | | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------- | ----------------------------------- | | 0 | `82` | `OP_SIZE` | Push the length of the witness item | | 1 | `0120` | push `20` | The required length, 32 | | 3 | `88` | `OP_EQUALVERIFY` | Fail unless the item is 32 bytes | | 4 | `a9` | `OP_HASH160` | `ripemd160(sha256(item))` | | 5 | `14 e81bfa…8e95` | push 20 | The committed hash | | 26 | `87` | `OP_EQUAL` | Compare | | 27 | `69` | `OP_VERIFY` | Fail unless equal | | 28 | `20 4d4b6c…0766` | push 32 | `receiver` | | 61 | `ad` | `OP_CHECKSIGVERIFY` | Receiver's signature | | 62 | `20 531fe6…e337` | push 32 | `server` | | 95 | `ac` | `OP_CHECKSIG` | Server's signature | Witness: `[serverSig, receiverSig, P, script, controlBlock]`. ``` 201b84c5567b126440995d3ed5aaba0565d71e1834604819ff9c17f5e9d5dd078f ad204d4b6cd1361032ca9bd2aeb9d900aa4d45d9ead80ac9423374c451a7254d0766 ad20531fe6068134503d2723133227c867ac8fa6c83c537e9a44c3c5bdbdcb1fe337ac ``` | Offset | Bytes | Opcode | Effect | | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------- | -------------------- | | 0 | `20 1b84c5…078f` | push 32 | `sender` | | 33 | `ad` | `OP_CHECKSIGVERIFY` | Sender's signature | | 34 | `20 4d4b6c…0766` | push 32 | `receiver` | | 67 | `ad` | `OP_CHECKSIGVERIFY` | Receiver's signature | | 68 | `20 531fe6…e337` | push 32 | `server` | | 101 | `ac` | `OP_CHECKSIG` | Server's signature | No timelock and no condition: an immediate, cooperative hand-back. Witness: `[serverSig, receiverSig, senderSig, script, controlBlock]`. ``` 04d00c4e6bb175 201b84c5567b126440995d3ed5aaba0565d71e1834604819ff9c17f5e9d5dd078f ad20531fe6068134503d2723133227c867ac8fa6c83c537e9a44c3c5bdbdcb1fe337ac ``` | Offset | Bytes | Opcode | Effect | | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------------ | ----------------------------- | | 0 | `04 d00c4e6b` | push 4 | `refund_locktime`, 1800277200 | | 5 | `b1` | `OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY` | Fail before the locktime | | 6 | `75` | `OP_DROP` | Discard the locktime | | 7 | `20 1b84c5…078f` | push 32 | `sender` | | 40 | `ad` | `OP_CHECKSIGVERIFY` | Sender's signature | | 41 | `20 531fe6…e337` | push 32 | `server` | | 74 | `ac` | `OP_CHECKSIG` | Server's signature | Witness: `[serverSig, senderSig, script, controlBlock]`. ``` 82012088a914e81bfa71da56f187cce1319ee773dabf56988e9587 6903080040b275 204d4b6cd1361032ca9bd2aeb9d900aa4d45d9ead80ac9423374c451a7254d0766ac ``` | Offset | Bytes | Opcode | Effect | | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------------ | ----------------------------- | | 0–27 | `8201208…8769` | preimage condition | As in leaf 0 | | 28 | `03 080040` | push 3 | Sequence `0x400008` — 4096 s | | 32 | `b2` | `OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY` | Enforce the relative timelock | | 33 | `75` | `OP_DROP` | Discard the sequence | | 34 | `20 4d4b6c…0766` | push 32 | `receiver` | | 67 | `ac` | `OP_CHECKSIG` | Receiver's signature | The condition fragment comes **first**, so its arguments sit on top of the initial stack — last in the witness array. Witness: `[receiverSig, P, script, controlBlock]`. ``` 03080040b275 201b84c5567b126440995d3ed5aaba0565d71e1834604819ff9c17f5e9d5dd078f ad204d4b6cd1361032ca9bd2aeb9d900aa4d45d9ead80ac9423374c451a7254d0766ac ``` | Offset | Bytes | Opcode | Effect | | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------------ | ----------------------------- | | 0 | `03 080040` | push 3 | Sequence `0x400008` — 4096 s | | 4 | `b2` | `OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY` | Enforce the relative timelock | | 5 | `75` | `OP_DROP` | Discard the sequence | | 6 | `20 1b84c5…078f` | push 32 | `sender` | | 39 | `ad` | `OP_CHECKSIGVERIFY` | Sender's signature | | 40 | `20 4d4b6c…0766` | push 32 | `receiver` | | 73 | `ac` | `OP_CHECKSIG` | Receiver's signature | Witness: `[receiverSig, senderSig, script, controlBlock]`. ``` 03100040b275 201b84c5567b126440995d3ed5aaba0565d71e1834604819ff9c17f5e9d5dd078fac ``` | Offset | Bytes | Opcode | Effect | | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------------ | ----------------------------- | | 0 | `03 100040` | push 3 | Sequence `0x400010` — 8192 s | | 4 | `b2` | `OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY` | Enforce the relative timelock | | 5 | `75` | `OP_DROP` | Discard the sequence | | 6 | `20 1b84c5…078f` | push 32 | `sender` | | 39 | `ac` | `OP_CHECKSIG` | Sender's signature | The only leaf whose timing can steal — a funder able to refund before a claimant holding `P` can claim takes that claimant's money — so it opens last. Witness: `[senderSig, script, controlBlock]`. ``` 82012088a914e81bfa71da56f187cce1319ee773dabf56988e9587 6920531fe6068134503d2723133227c867ac8fa6c83c537e9a44c3c5bdbdcb1fe337 ad20b50dda12042b225faf8f22aa5a3fef9ed61b261663656deb10e7547df7816c9bac ``` | Offset | Bytes | Opcode | Effect | | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------- | -------------------- | | 0–27 | `8201208…8769` | preimage condition | As in leaf 0 | | 28 | `20 531fe6…e337` | push 32 | `server` | | 61 | `ad` | `OP_CHECKSIGVERIFY` | Server's signature | | 62 | `20 b50dda…6c9b` | push 32 | Tweaked Emulator key | | 95 | `ac` | `OP_CHECKSIG` | Emulator signature | **The receiver's key does not appear at all.** What pins the payout to the receiver is the covenant below, not a key — which is what lets this leaf be pushed while the receiver is offline. The tweaked key derives from the Emulator key and the covenant program: `ArkScriptHash` = `d711889930d948d05d5091337c4f96081c01fec158bcf9e125ea3b5041471c16`. Witness: `[emulatorSig, serverSig, P, script, controlBlock]`. ``` 20531fe6068134503d2723133227c867ac8fa6c83c537e9a44c3c5bdbdcb1fe337 ad204d4b6cd1361032ca9bd2aeb9d900aa4d45d9ead80ac9423374c451a7254d0766 ad20a9fc8e79cac8daba0615c0dfa7711210ac9a81a1e23496271144e207a8b0789eac ``` | Offset | Bytes | Opcode | Effect | | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------- | -------------------- | | 0 | `20 531fe6…e337` | push 32 | `server` | | 33 | `ad` | `OP_CHECKSIGVERIFY` | Server's signature | | 34 | `20 4d4b6c…0766` | push 32 | `receiver` | | 67 | `ad` | `OP_CHECKSIGVERIFY` | Receiver's signature | | 68 | `20 a9fc8e…789e` | push 32 | Tweaked Emulator key | | 101 | `ac` | `OP_CHECKSIG` | Emulator signature | No timelock, and **no signature from the sender** — the only refund path that survives a permanently lost sender key, though it still needs both of the signatures in the table above. Witness: `[emulatorSig, receiverSig, serverSig, script, controlBlock]`. ### The VHTLC covenants Both covenant leaves commit to the same 43-byte program shape, differing only in the destination. It reads **the output at the same index as the input being spent** and requires that output to pay the pre-committed script at least the input's value. `nonInteractiveClaim`, pinned to the receiver's script: ``` cd76d15188204d4b6cd1361032ca9bd2aeb9d900aa4d45d9ead80ac9423374c451a7254d076688cfcdc9a2 ``` | Offset | Bytes | Opcode | Effect | | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- | | 0 | `cd` | `OP_PUSHCURRENTINPUTINDEX` | This input's index | | 1 | `76` | `OP_DUP` | Keep a copy for the value check | | 2 | `d1` | `OP_INSPECTOUTPUTSCRIPTPUBKEY` | Push that output's script — program, then witness version | | 3 | `51` | `OP_1` | The expected witness version | | 4 | `88` | `OP_EQUALVERIFY` | Fail unless the output is v1 taproot | | 5 | `20 4d4b6c…0766` | push 32 | The committed 32-byte program | | 38 | `88` | `OP_EQUALVERIFY` | Fail unless the destination matches | | 39 | `cf` | `OP_INSPECTOUTPUTVALUE` | That output's value, using the duplicated index | | 40 | `cd` | `OP_PUSHCURRENTINPUTINDEX` | This input's index again | | 41 | `c9` | `OP_INSPECTINPUTVALUE` | This input's value | | 42 | `a2` | `OP_GREATERTHANOREQUAL` | Output value ≥ input value | `nonInteractiveRefund` is the same program with the sender's program bytes at offset 5: ``` cd76d15188201b84c5567b126440995d3ed5aaba0565d71e1834604819ff9c17f5e9d5dd078f88cfcdc9a2 ``` The destination is stored as the **32-byte taproot program**, not the 34-byte scriptPubKey: the `OP_1 OP_EQUALVERIFY` pair already proves the version, so the prefix is dropped before it is committed. A spend with no output at the matching index simply cannot satisfy the leaf. ### Tapleaf hashes and the tree For the worked example: | # | Leaf | Tapleaf hash | | - | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | 0 | `claim` | `4bc120c8ee54e2442fa072840a1cbcfb277fe94424d95e1b0bbc37fcab8ef35b` | | 1 | `refund` | `d6155f7ec9fae734f22a228d0186b88dcd0b1584fb6aa2c79051fcde846929bf` | | 2 | `refundWithoutReceiver` | `fa5d0a992b10c569951c54460cb99a67b071c1428040b289910d8355e0770aa7` | | 3 | `unilateralClaim` | `57e966824d4e01ba3bad765f722564592ada0ad1f5a99782e7c94fb0dfad2f7f` | | 4 | `unilateralRefund` | `e33a1849c392191fd001a0035e007d8fcd994766db5dbb7db9c8ee8155a0977a` | | 5 | `unilateralRefundWithoutReceiver` | `2567d76c7a64cb8ad362a787c49b07902fcfb426b4ae60fb94fc68c4ccc52e86` | | 6 | `nonInteractiveClaim` | `584f771e6e6a133e349f99325b5d64489d48da843d97e13e5e44a97882ec7902` | | 7 | `nonInteractiveRefund` | `abb5a3813aacd092d706faf2ff92c1551a63d6ce20658fd7b30345b2cfff77e1` | Eight leaves give a balanced tree of depth 3. The `claim` leaf's merkle path is `d6155f7e…29bf`, `1c5b1597…4e9d`, `46f0af6c…ac53`, and the resulting output key is `da2542078eae0e401d0b5a26a497960b335bf11f52d08ae4f3b3429ff8c5c838` — scriptPubKey `5120da2542078eae0e401d0b5a26a497960b335bf11f52d08ae4f3b3429ff8c5c838`. ## Non-Interactive Swap Contract **Two leaves, no timelock, no preimage.** The deposit is either delivered against or handed back; nothing expires. `fulfill` is signed by the server and the tweaked Emulator key alone and is constrained by its covenant; `cancel` is a plain 2-of-2 of the user and the server, with no solver signature anywhere in the contract. There are two programs, chosen by what the fill must deliver. The deposit side is never inspected, which is why one contract carries BTC, an asset, or an asset-for-asset swap. | Program | Fill must deliver | Params | | ---------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | want-BTC | sats | `makerWP`, `wantAmount`, `server`, `user` | | want-asset | a named asset | the same, plus `wantAssetTxid`, `wantAssetGroupIndex` | `makerWP` is the funding side's 32-byte taproot program and `user` its x-only key. **These are contract positions, not roles** — the names come from the program artifact. Leaf order is `fulfill`, then `cancel`. ``` 20531fe6068134503d2723133227c867ac8fa6c83c537e9a44c3c5bdbdcb1fe337 ad20fa59626528a53e5a60e6e29940a4517d92b29538c102ff203e5e5bef8f177863ac ``` | Offset | Bytes | Opcode | Effect | | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------- | -------------------- | | 0 | `20 531fe6…e337` | push 32 | `server` | | 33 | `ad` | `OP_CHECKSIGVERIFY` | Server's signature | | 34 | `20 fa5962…7863` | push 32 | Tweaked Emulator key | | 67 | `ac` | `OP_CHECKSIG` | Emulator signature | Witness: `[emulatorSig, serverSig, script, controlBlock]`. ``` 00cf03a08601a26900d15188201b84c5567b126440995d3ed5aaba0565d71e1834604819ff9c17f5e9d5dd078f87 ``` | Offset | Bytes | Opcode | Effect | | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------- | | 0 | `00` | `OP_0` | Output index 0 | | 1 | `cf` | `OP_INSPECTOUTPUTVALUE` | Value of output 0 | | 2 | `03 a08601` | push 3 | `wantAmount`, 100000 | | 6 | `a2` | `OP_GREATERTHANOREQUAL` | Delivered value ≥ `wantAmount` | | 7 | `69` | `OP_VERIFY` | Fail if short | | 8 | `00` | `OP_0` | Output index 0 again | | 9 | `d1` | `OP_INSPECTOUTPUTSCRIPTPUBKEY` | Its script — program, then version | | 10 | `51` | `OP_1` | Expected witness version | | 11 | `88` | `OP_EQUALVERIFY` | Fail unless v1 taproot | | 12 | `20 1b84c5…078f` | push 32 | `makerWP` | | 45 | `87` | `OP_EQUAL` | The destination must match | ``` 20531fe6068134503d2723133227c867ac8fa6c83c537e9a44c3c5bdbdcb1fe337 ad20430f80d70db4c92345382d3ac19d70840907f0328263dffb368361f751f700f8ac ``` Same shape as the want-BTC leaf; only the tweaked Emulator key differs, because the covenant it commits to differs. Witness: `[emulatorSig, serverSig, script, controlBlock]`. For asset id `0f1e2d3c4b5a69788796a5b4c3d2e1f00f1e2d3c4b5a69788796a5b4c3d2e1f0`, group index 0, `wantAmount` 250000: ``` 0020f0e1d2c3b4a5968778695a4b3c2d1e0ff0e1d2c3b4a5968778695a4b3c2d1e0f 00ef690390d003a26900d15188 201b84c5567b126440995d3ed5aaba0565d71e1834604819ff9c17f5e9d5dd078f87 ``` | Offset | Bytes | Opcode | Effect | | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------- | | 0 | `00` | `OP_0` | Output index 0 | | 1 | `20 f0e1d2…1e0f` | push 32 | Asset genesis txid, **internal byte order** | | 34 | `00` | `OP_0` | Asset group index | | 35 | `ef` | `OP_INSPECTOUTASSETLOOKUP` | Look that asset up on output 0 | | 36 | `69` | `OP_VERIFY` | Fail unless the output carries it | | 37 | `03 90d003` | push 3 | `wantAmount`, 250000 | | 41 | `a2` | `OP_GREATERTHANOREQUAL` | Delivered amount ≥ `wantAmount` | | 42 | `69` | `OP_VERIFY` | Fail if short | | 43 | `00` | `OP_0` | Output index 0 again | | 44 | `d1` | `OP_INSPECTOUTPUTSCRIPTPUBKEY` | Its script — program, then version | | 45 | `51` | `OP_1` | Expected witness version | | 46 | `88` | `OP_EQUALVERIFY` | Fail unless v1 taproot | | 47 | `20 1b84c5…078f` | push 32 | `makerWP` | | 80 | `87` | `OP_EQUAL` | The destination must match | **The txid is pushed reversed.** Asset ids are displayed in RPC byte order and committed in internal order, so `0f1e2d3c…e1f0` becomes `f0e1d2c3…2d1e0f` in the covenant. Reversing at the wrong step derives a different address that nothing will ever fill. ``` 201b84c5567b126440995d3ed5aaba0565d71e1834604819ff9c17f5e9d5dd078f ad20531fe6068134503d2723133227c867ac8fa6c83c537e9a44c3c5bdbdcb1fe337ac ``` | Offset | Bytes | Opcode | Effect | | ------ | ---------------- | ------------------- | ------------------ | | 0 | `20 1b84c5…078f` | push 32 | `user` | | 33 | `ad` | `OP_CHECKSIGVERIFY` | User's signature | | 34 | `20 531fe6…e337` | push 32 | `server` | | 67 | `ac` | `OP_CHECKSIG` | Server's signature | No covenant and no timelock: the deposit goes wherever the spend says, and the user needs nobody but the Arkade server. **A funded deposit is therefore always cryptographically spendable by the wallet that funded it**, which is why the SDK marks the contract as escrow to keep it out of ordinary coin selection — nothing in the contract itself says "escrow". The two-leaf trees for the worked example: | Program | `fulfill` tapleaf hash | scriptPubKey | | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | want-BTC | `75ebbd808dedf313ea6a9da10ef13446fa3846cb56acb2031f7f506c4075e2b8` | `5120f358b18420c63828eb36cb82648a08c4d952a97bee59498f3aef6b551db1ec9b` | | want-asset | `054d78f5325fa1c2754fc3b4beab90c1efa77977fa4a1fe9eee60700b61f925e` | `5120e50b49c0443bdaad9543ddc02444ac1f2e846effb54a7c5c5d963fb2b53935ea` | The `cancel` leaf is byte-identical across both programs — it binds only `user` and `server` — so both trees share the tapleaf hash `bb96303c8b14e35fad880d1d0fc7169aa2187447f0b9bbcc26473113e48ab32d`. Only `fulfill` differs, and only through the tweaked key its covenant produces. ## Opcode Reference Standard Bitcoin opcodes carry their usual values. The Arkade opcodes appearing above are extensions, valid only inside an ArkadeScript: | Byte | Opcode | Stack effect | | ------ | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------ | | `0xc9` | `OP_INSPECTINPUTVALUE` | Index → that input's value | | `0xcd` | `OP_PUSHCURRENTINPUTINDEX` | → index of the input being spent | | `0xcf` | `OP_INSPECTOUTPUTVALUE` | Index → that output's value | | `0xd1` | `OP_INSPECTOUTPUTSCRIPTPUBKEY` | Index → program, then witness version | | `0xef` | `OP_INSPECTOUTASSETLOOKUP` | Index, txid, group → amount, then a success flag | The co-signing service is authoritative for their exact semantics; the stack effects above are what the programs on this page depend on. ## Reproducing These Bytes The lockup compiles from `VHTLC.ScriptV2` in `@arkade-os/sdk`; the non-interactive swap from `offerVtxoScript` in `@arkade-os/swap`, whose two program artifacts — `swap-want-btc.program.json` and `swap-want-asset.program.json`, exported parsed as `swapPrograms` — are pure data, shared verbatim with any other implementation. The leaf bytes come off different accessors. `VHTLC.ScriptV2` names each leaf (`claimScript`, `refundScript`, … `nonInteractiveRefundScript`), plus `nonInteractiveClaimArkadeScript` and `nonInteractiveRefundArkadeScript` for the two covenant programs; the swap contract's leaves come off `functionByName("fulfill" | "cancel")`. Both inherit `.scripts` and `.leaves` from `VtxoScript`. Golden tests pin these exact values, so an implementation in another language can compare against them before it ever derives a live address; changing either contract requires coordinated deployment with the solver. ## Sources * [Corridor Swaps](/intents/reference/corridor-swaps) — what each VHTLC leaf is for * [Asset Swaps](/intents/reference/asset-swaps) — the non-interactive contract in use * [Hash Time Locked Contract](/contracts/hashlock) — building a minimal VHTLC by hand * [RFQ Protocol](/intents/reference/rfq) — the quote fields these contracts bind