diff --git a/input.go b/input.go
index 8cb6b64..d0e6cb1 100644
--- a/input.go
+++ b/input.go
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func (in *Input) SpendsP2WPKH() bool {
 	}
 
 	secondWitnessElement := in.Witness[1]
-	if !secondWitnessElement.IsPubKey() {
+	if !secondWitnessElement.IsECDSAPubKey() {
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ func (in *Input) SpendsNestedP2WSH() bool {
 func (in *Input) SpendsP2PKH() (spendsP2PKH bool) {
 	pbs := in.ScriptSig.Parse()
 	if !in.HasWitness() && len(pbs) == 2 {
-		return pbs[0].IsECDSASignature(false) && pbs[1].IsPubKey()
+		return pbs[0].IsECDSASignature(false) && pbs[1].IsECDSAPubKey()
 	}
 	return false
 }
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ func (in *Input) SpendsP2PKH() (spendsP2PKH bool) {
 func (in *Input) SpendsP2PKHWithIsCompressed() (spendsP2PKH bool, isCompressedPubKey bool) {
 	pbs := in.ScriptSig.Parse()
 	if !in.HasWitness() && len(pbs) == 2 {
-		isPubKey, isCompressedPubKey := pbs[1].IsPubKeyWithIsCompressed()
+		isPubKey, isCompressedPubKey := pbs[1].IsECDSAPubKeyWithIsCompressed()
 		return pbs[0].IsECDSASignature(false) && isPubKey, isCompressedPubKey
 	}
 	return false, false
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func (in *Input) SpendsP2SH() (spendsP2SH bool) {
 	pbs := in.ScriptSig.Parse()
 	if !in.HasWitness() && len(pbs) > 0 {
 		redeemScript := pbs[len(pbs)-1]
-		return !redeemScript.IsECDSASignature(false) && !redeemScript.IsPubKey() // is not a signature and is not a pubkey
+		return !redeemScript.IsECDSASignature(false) && !redeemScript.IsECDSAPubKey() // is not a signature and is not a pubkey
 	}
 	return false
 }
@@ -461,8 +461,8 @@ func (in *Input) IsLNUniliteralClosing() bool {
 	redeemScript := in.GetP2WSHRedeemScript()
 	pbs := redeemScript.Parse()
 	if len(pbs) == 9 {
-		if pbs[0].OpCode == OpIF && pbs[1].IsPubKey() &&
-			pbs[2].OpCode == OpELSE && pbs[4].OpCode == OpCHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY && pbs[5].OpCode == OpDROP && pbs[6].IsPubKey() &&
+		if pbs[0].OpCode == OpIF && pbs[1].IsECDSAPubKey() &&
+			pbs[2].OpCode == OpELSE && pbs[4].OpCode == OpCHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY && pbs[5].OpCode == OpDROP && pbs[6].IsECDSAPubKey() &&
 			pbs[7].OpCode == OpENDIF &&
 			pbs[8].OpCode == OpCHECKSIG {
 			return true
diff --git a/output.go b/output.go
index 8e7faad..cad14ba 100644
--- a/output.go
+++ b/output.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func (out *Output) IsP2MSOutput() (is bool, m int, n int) {
 func (out *Output) IsP2PKOutput() bool {
 	pbs := out.ScriptPubKey.Parse()
 	if len(pbs) == 2 {
-		if pbs[0].IsPubKey() && pbs[1].OpCode == OpCHECKSIG {
+		if pbs[0].IsECDSAPubKey() && pbs[1].OpCode == OpCHECKSIG {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/script.go b/script.go
index cf294a6..af08657 100644
--- a/script.go
+++ b/script.go
@@ -220,35 +220,35 @@ func (poc ParsedOpCode) GetSigHash() (sighash byte) {
 	return 0x00
 }
 
-// IsPubKeyWithIsCompressed checks a two byte slices if they could represent a pubkey and if that pubkey is compressed.
-func (poc ParsedOpCode) IsPubKeyWithIsCompressed() (isPubKey bool, isCompressed bool) {
-	compressed := poc.IsCompressedPubKey()
-	uncompressed := poc.IsUncompressedPubKey()
+// IsECDSAPubKeyWithIsCompressed checks a two byte slices if they could represent a pubkey and if that pubkey is compressed.
+func (poc ParsedOpCode) IsECDSAPubKeyWithIsCompressed() (isPubKey bool, isCompressed bool) {
+	compressed := poc.IsCompressedECDSAPubKey()
+	uncompressed := poc.IsUncompressedECDSAPubKey()
 	return (compressed || uncompressed), compressed
 }
 
-// IsPubKey checks a two byte slices if they could represent a public key.
-func (poc ParsedOpCode) IsPubKey() bool {
-	if poc.IsCompressedPubKey() { // check compressed pubKeys first because they are more common
+// IsECDSAPubKey checks a two byte slices if they could represent a public key.
+func (poc ParsedOpCode) IsECDSAPubKey() bool {
+	if poc.IsCompressedECDSAPubKey() { // check compressed pubKeys first because they are more common
 		return true
-	} else if poc.IsUncompressedPubKey() {
+	} else if poc.IsUncompressedECDSAPubKey() {
 		return true
 	}
 	return false
 }
 
-// IsCompressedPubKey checks a two byte slices if they could represent a
+// IsCompressedECDSAPubKey checks a two byte slices if they could represent a
 // compressed public key. <pubkey length> <|pubkey|>
-func (poc ParsedOpCode) IsCompressedPubKey() bool {
+func (poc ParsedOpCode) IsCompressedECDSAPubKey() bool {
 	if poc.OpCode == OpDATA33 && len(poc.PushedData) == 33 {
 		return (poc.PushedData[0] == 0x02 || poc.PushedData[0] == 0x03)
 	}
 	return false
 }
 
-// IsUncompressedPubKey checks a two byte slices if they could represent a
+// IsUncompressedECDSAPubKey checks a two byte slices if they could represent a
 // uncompressed public key. <pubkey length> <|pubkey|>
-func (poc ParsedOpCode) IsUncompressedPubKey() bool {
+func (poc ParsedOpCode) IsUncompressedECDSAPubKey() bool {
 	if poc.OpCode == OpDATA65 && len(poc.PushedData) == 65 {
 		return poc.PushedData[0] == 0x04
 	}
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func (s BitcoinScript) IsMultisigScript() (isMultisig bool, numRequiredSigs int,
 
 			// check that the next `numPossiblePubKeys` are pubKeys
 			for i := 1; i < numPossiblePubKeys; i++ {
-				if !parsed[pLength-2-i].IsPubKey() {
+				if !parsed[pLength-2-i].IsECDSAPubKey() {
 					return false, 0, 0
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/script_test.go b/script_test.go
index 949cad6..aae12a5 100644
--- a/script_test.go
+++ b/script_test.go
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ func TestIsMultisigScript(t *testing.T) {
 func TestStrictlyDEREncodedECDSASig(t *testing.T) {
 	ECDSASigStrictlyDER := ParsedOpCode{OpCode: OpDATA71, PushedData: []byte{0x30, 0x44, 0x02, 0x20, 0x3c, 0x02, 0xbd, 0x6f, 0x63, 0xe4, 0x79, 0xc7, 0xc6, 0xd1, 0xdc, 0x7d, 0x94, 0x3b, 0x58, 0x4b, 0xa2, 0x03, 0xc6, 0xf1, 0x50, 0x37, 0x9c, 0x78, 0x9f, 0x84, 0xf8, 0xa5, 0xf3, 0x3c, 0x95, 0x12, 0x02, 0x20, 0x1c, 0xcf, 0x01, 0xbb, 0xeb, 0x2c, 0x5f, 0x68, 0xb1, 0x78, 0xab, 0x96, 0xa1, 0xa5, 0x64, 0xaf, 0x66, 0x09, 0xf7, 0x33, 0x87, 0xb9, 0x35, 0x5a, 0x62, 0x65, 0x54, 0x48, 0xb6, 0xa2, 0x7a, 0x43, 0x01}}
 
-	if ECDSASigStrictlyDER.IsCompressedPubKey() {
+	if ECDSASigStrictlyDER.IsCompressedECDSAPubKey() {
 		t.Errorf("A DER encoded signature should not be recognized as compressed pubkey")
 	}
 
-	if ECDSASigStrictlyDER.IsUncompressedPubKey() {
+	if ECDSASigStrictlyDER.IsUncompressedECDSAPubKey() {
 		t.Errorf("A DER encoded signature should not be recognized as uncompressed pubkey")
 	}
 
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ func TestGarbageSignature(t *testing.T) {
 	tooSmallOpCodeSig := ParsedOpCode{OpCode: OpDATA6, PushedData: []byte{0x10}}
 	emptyPushDataSig := ParsedOpCode{OpCode: OpDATA33, PushedData: []byte{}}
 
-	if tooBigOpCodeSig.IsCompressedPubKey() {
+	if tooBigOpCodeSig.IsCompressedECDSAPubKey() {
 		t.Errorf("A garbage signature should not be recognized as compressed pubkey")
 	}
-	if tooBigOpCodeSig.IsUncompressedPubKey() {
+	if tooBigOpCodeSig.IsUncompressedECDSAPubKey() {
 		t.Errorf("A garbage signature should not be recognized as uncompressed pubkey")
 	}
 	if tooBigOpCodeSig.IsSignature() {
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ func TestGarbageSignature(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("The SigHash of the garbage signature should be invalid (0x00)")
 	}
 
-	if tooSmallOpCodeSig.IsCompressedPubKey() {
+	if tooSmallOpCodeSig.IsCompressedECDSAPubKey() {
 		t.Errorf("A garbage signature should not be recognized as compressed pubkey")
 	}
-	if tooSmallOpCodeSig.IsUncompressedPubKey() {
+	if tooSmallOpCodeSig.IsUncompressedECDSAPubKey() {
 		t.Errorf("A garbage signature should not be recognized as uncompressed pubkey")
 	}
 	if tooSmallOpCodeSig.IsSignature() {
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ func TestGarbageSignature(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("The SigHash of the garbage signature should be invalid (0x00)")
 	}
 
-	if emptyPushDataSig.IsCompressedPubKey() {
+	if emptyPushDataSig.IsCompressedECDSAPubKey() {
 		t.Errorf("A garbage signature should not be recognized as compressed pubkey")
 	}
-	if emptyPushDataSig.IsUncompressedPubKey() {
+	if emptyPushDataSig.IsUncompressedECDSAPubKey() {
 		t.Errorf("A garbage signature should not be recognized as uncompressed pubkey")
 	}
 	if emptyPushDataSig.IsSignature() {
diff --git a/txstat.go b/txstat.go
index e781d5d..1b6e3f2 100644
--- a/txstat.go
+++ b/txstat.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (input *Input) InputStats() *InputStats {
 			if opCode.IsSignature() {
 				ss := opCode.SignatureStats()
 				inputStats.SigStats = append(inputStats.SigStats, ss)
-			} else if opCode.IsPubKey() {
+			} else if opCode.IsECDSAPubKey() {
 				pks := opCode.PubKeyStats()
 				inputStats.PubKeyStats = append(inputStats.PubKeyStats, pks)
 			} else if opCode.OpCode.IsDataPushOpCode() {
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (input *Input) InputStats() *InputStats {
 					if inScriptOpcode.IsSignature() {
 						ss := inScriptOpcode.SignatureStats()
 						inputStats.SigStats = append(inputStats.SigStats, ss)
-					} else if inScriptOpcode.IsPubKey() {
+					} else if inScriptOpcode.IsECDSAPubKey() {
 						pks := inScriptOpcode.PubKeyStats()
 						inputStats.PubKeyStats = append(inputStats.PubKeyStats, pks)
 					}
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (input *Input) InputStats() *InputStats {
 			if witnessElement.IsSignature() {
 				ss := witnessElement.SignatureStats()
 				inputStats.SigStats = append(inputStats.SigStats, ss)
-			} else if witnessElement.IsPubKey() {
+			} else if witnessElement.IsECDSAPubKey() {
 				pks := witnessElement.PubKeyStats()
 				inputStats.PubKeyStats = append(inputStats.PubKeyStats, pks)
 			} else if witnessElement.OpCode.IsDataPushOpCode() {
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func (input *Input) InputStats() *InputStats {
 					if witnessOpCode.IsSignature() {
 						ss := witnessOpCode.SignatureStats()
 						inputStats.SigStats = append(inputStats.SigStats, ss)
-					} else if witnessOpCode.IsPubKey() {
+					} else if witnessOpCode.IsECDSAPubKey() {
 						pks := witnessOpCode.PubKeyStats()
 						inputStats.PubKeyStats = append(inputStats.PubKeyStats, pks)
 					}
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ type PubKeyStats struct {
 // The caller must make sure that the *ParsedOpCode is a pubkey.
 func (sigOpCode *ParsedOpCode) PubKeyStats() *PubKeyStats {
 	pkStats := &PubKeyStats{}
-	pkStats.IsCompressed = sigOpCode.IsCompressedPubKey()
+	pkStats.IsCompressed = sigOpCode.IsCompressedECDSAPubKey()
 	return pkStats
 }
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func (out *Output) OutputStats() *OutputStats {
 	outStats.OpCodes = make([]OpCode, 0)
 	parsedScriptPubKey := out.ScriptPubKey.Parse()
 	for _, opCode := range parsedScriptPubKey {
-		if opCode.IsPubKey() {
+		if opCode.IsECDSAPubKey() {
 			pks := opCode.PubKeyStats()
 			outStats.PubKeyStats = append(outStats.PubKeyStats, pks)
 		}