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Unlocking the Genesis Exhibit in Satoshi's Lost Faucet - Genesis Exhibit Stage
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ge_unlock.py
import hashlib
bytes_o = b'b4813ede1ea918df665d2f84e2dc10eeaeb0984a'
filename = './Times_03Jan2009.jpg'
keyfile = open(filename, mode='rb').read()
sha256_file_hash = hashlib.sha256(keyfile).hexdigest()
ripemd160 = hashlib.new('ripemd160')
ripemd160.update(bytearray.fromhex(sha256_file_hash))
ripemd160_hash = ripemd160.hexdigest().encode()
assert ripemd160_hash == bytes_o
print('Bytes target sucessfully reproduced!')
print('Hashing ' + filename + ' with RIPEMD-160(SHA-256(filename)) is equal to: ', bytes_o)
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