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fac0c3d4bfc97b94f0594f7606650921feef2c8a doc: Add release notes for two pull requests (MarcoFalke)
fa7b57e5f5a6dafbbadc361ffd27b58afff1ed59 refactor: Replace ParseHashStr with FromHex (MarcoFalke)
fa9077724507faad207f29509a8202fc6ac9d502 rest: Reject truncated hex txid early in getutxos parsing (MarcoFalke)
fab6ddbee64e50d5e2f499aebca35b5911896ec4 refactor: Expose FromHex in transaction_identifier (MarcoFalke)
fad2991ba073de0bd1f12e42bf0fbaca4a265508 refactor: Implement strict uint256::FromHex() (MarcoFalke)
fa103db2bb736bce4440f0bde564e6671e36311d scripted-diff: Rename SetHex to SetHexDeprecated (MarcoFalke)
fafe4b80512a5a82712a3ee81b68cfeb21271dee test: refactor: Replace SetHex with uint256 constructor directly (MarcoFalke)
Pull request description:
In `rest_getutxos` truncated txids such as `aa` or `ff` are accepted. This is brittle at best.
Fix it by rejecting any truncated (or overlarge) input.
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Review note: This also starts a major refactor to rework hex parsing in Bitcoin Core, meaning that a few refactor commits are included as well. They are explained individually in the commit message and the work will be continued in the future.
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