From ed66937d01b3ff5530c0561cd2e4351b8c856717 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Stewart <stewart.chris1234@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 06:32:14 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] core: Fix bug when converting OP_0 to long (#5948)

---
 .../org/bitcoins/core/script/constant/ScriptNumberUtil.scala | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/core/script/constant/ScriptNumberUtil.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/core/script/constant/ScriptNumberUtil.scala
index 3bda637567..087c7255e4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/core/script/constant/ScriptNumberUtil.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/core/script/constant/ScriptNumberUtil.scala
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ trait ScriptNumberUtil {
     */
   def toLong(bytes: ByteVector): Long = {
     val reversedBytes = bytes.reverse
-    if (bytes.size == 1 && bytes.head == -128) {
+
+    if (bytes.isEmpty) {
+      0
+    } else if (bytes.size == 1 && bytes.head == -128) {
       // the case for negative zero
       0
     } else if (isPositive(bytes)) {