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Easily generate the bitcoin address from the public key using Python (compatible with Python 2 and 3)
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| #!/usr/bin/env python | |
| # https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_documentation#Addresses | |
| import hashlib | |
| import base58 | |
| # ECDSA bitcoin Public Key | |
| pubkey = '0450863ad64a87ae8a2fe83c1af1a8403cb53f53e486d8511dad8a04887e5b23522cd470243453a299fa9e77237716103abc11a1df38855ed6f2ee187e9c582ba6' | |
| # See 'compressed form' at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_documentation#Signatures | |
| compress_pubkey = False |