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The question feels odd using the `What` question word and the
following paragraph fits better with the `Why` question word.
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Bitcoin Scripts are considered successful if there's something in the Stack, and it's non-zero, so SegWit scripts automatically succeed on old nodes as long as the `scriptPubKey` is correctly created with a non-zero pub-key hash. This is called an "anyone-can-spend" transaction, because old nodes verified them as correct without any need for signatures. Bitcoin Scripts are considered successful if there's something in the Stack, and it's non-zero, so SegWit scripts automatically succeed on old nodes as long as the `scriptPubKey` is correctly created with a non-zero pub-key hash. This is called an "anyone-can-spend" transaction, because old nodes verified them as correct without any need for signatures.
> :book: ***What can't old nodes steal SegWit UTXOs?*** SegWit was enabled on the Bitcoin network when 95% of miners signalled that they were ready to start using it. That means that only 5% of nodes at that point might have registered anyone-can-spend SegWit transactions as valid without going through the proper work of checking the `txinwitness`. If they incorrectly incorporated an invalid anyone-can-spend UTXO into a block, the other 95% of nodes would refuse to validate that block, and so it would quickly be orphaned rather than being added to the "main" blockchain. (Certainly, 51% of nodes could choose to stop interpreting SegWit transactions correctly, but 51% of nodes can do anything on a consensus network like a blockchain.) > :book: ***Why can't old nodes steal SegWit UTXOs?*** SegWit was enabled on the Bitcoin network when 95% of miners signalled that they were ready to start using it. That means that only 5% of nodes at that point might have registered anyone-can-spend SegWit transactions as valid without going through the proper work of checking the `txinwitness`. If they incorrectly incorporated an invalid anyone-can-spend UTXO into a block, the other 95% of nodes would refuse to validate that block, and so it would quickly be orphaned rather than being added to the "main" blockchain. (Certainly, 51% of nodes could choose to stop interpreting SegWit transactions correctly, but 51% of nodes can do anything on a consensus network like a blockchain.)
Because old nodes always see SegWit scripts as correct, they will always verify them, even without understanding their content. Because old nodes always see SegWit scripts as correct, they will always verify them, even without understanding their content.