Multichain generate transaction(coinbase transaction)

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What's in the scriptPubKey of generate transaction? I looked through the raw data of generate transaction and found an output with arbitrary data with OP_RETURN

0000000000000000 //bitcoin value
71    //scriptPubKey size 113
6a    //OP_RETURN
4c6e    //push 110 bytes
53504b624630440220771079e8b6a3fe0ef68b2303306d01d8326cb960c1859a056762056618dca2b502205b6020bb08f7c0b03e552fb530c4a0dbfd61ca7a6ef4e1113445c9415f377bf9022103217cf0819355518dd771228de6c9887cc1053e8fb9d2948262a7593e92390dfe
00000000 //locktime

What does this data contain, and what is this data for?

asked Apr 18, 2017 by Hwang

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This is where the miner signature is inserted, to prove who created the block. See this page for more information:

http://www.multichain.com/developers/mining-block-signatures/

We have not yet documented the format of this data in detail on the MultiChain website, but you are welcome to browse the source code to understand it more.
answered Apr 18, 2017 by MultiChain
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