A script to find bitcoin addresses in Twitter @mentions (replies) responding to my offer to donate bitcoin.

gistfile1.txt

import tweepy
import time
import re
import pycoin.encoding
import pickle

# Removed security tokens from gist, replaced with XXX.
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler("XXX", "XXX")
auth.set_access_token('XXX', 'XXX')

api = tweepy.API(auth)

bitcoin_addresses = {}
request_entries = []
tweet_counter = 0
gap_counter = 0
oldest_id = 507932188366098432

def process(mention):
    address=re.match(".* (1[a-zA-Z0-9]+)", mention.text)
    if address:
       if pycoin.encoding.is_hashed_base58_valid(str(address.group(1).strip())):
           entry = {'address' : address.group(1), 'user': mention.user.screen_name, 'id': mention.id}
           print 'adding entry', entry
           request_entries.append(entry)
           if address.group(1) not in bitcoin_addresses:
               bitcoin_addresses[address.group(1)] = entry
           else:
               print "duplicate address in request", entry
       else:
            print "invalid address in request", address.group(1), mention.text
       return True
    else:
        return False
      
print "Logged in as", api.me().screen_name

try:
    address_file = open('raffle_addresses', 'r')
    bitcoin_addresses = pickle.load(address_file)
    address_file.close()
except:
    bitcoin_addresses = {}
    
    

print "Loaded bitcoin addresses:", len(bitcoin_addresses)

for entry in bitcoin_addresses.values():
    if entry['id'] < oldest_id:
        oldest_id = entry['id']
print "Oldest ID:", oldest_id

try:
    for mention in tweepy.Cursor(api.mentions_timeline).items():
        time.sleep(4)
        tweet_counter += 1
        if not process(mention):
            print '.'
            gap_counter += 1
        else: 
            gap_counter = 0
        if gap_counter > 50:
            print "Reached gap counter after", tweet_counter, "tweets"
            print 
            break
            
except:
    address_file = open('raffle_addresses', 'w')
    pickle.dump(bitcoin_addresses, address_file)
    address_file.close()
    print "Saved", len(bitcoin_addresses), "to file"