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This script generates bitcoin coin burning addresses with a custom bitcoin address prefix. The symbols at the end of the btc burning address are made for checksum verification.
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""bitcoin-burn-address-generator.py: This script generates bitcoin coin burning addresses with a custom bitcoin address prefix.
The symbols at the end of the burning btc address are made for checksum verification."""
__author__ = "Daniel Gockel"
__website__ = "https://www.10xrecovery.org/"
import sys
from base58 import b58encode, b58decode
from hashlib import sha256
base58_characters = "123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz"
bitcoin_address_prefix = "1XRecovery" # should start with 1..., Version prefix (hex) for Bitcoin Address is 0x00
if __name__ == "__main__":
for char in bitcoin_address_prefix:
if char not in base58_characters:
sys.exit("Character '%s' is not a valid base58 character." % char)
address_length = len(bitcoin_address_prefix)
if address_length < 34:
bitcoin_address_prefix = bitcoin_address_prefix + ((34 - address_length) * "X")
else:
bitcoin_address_prefix = bitcoin_address_prefix[:34]
# bitcoin address will have 34 characters from now on
# decode address
decoded_address = b58decode(bitcoin_address_prefix)[:-4] # cut 4 bytes for checksum at the end
checksum = sha256(sha256(decoded_address).digest()).digest()[:4]
print("Your Bitcoin burning address is: " + b58encode(decoded_address + checksum).decode("utf-8"))
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sh4dowb commented Jun 4, 2024

thanks, works with custom coins too

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thanks, works with custom coins too

Nice. Great to hear, you like this bitcoin burn address generator.

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