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import ecdsa
import ecdsa.der
import ecdsa.util
import hashlib
import os
import re
import struct
b58 = '123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz'
def base58encode(n):
result = ''
while n > 0:
result = b58[n%58] + result
n /= 58
return result
def base256decode(s):
result = 0
for c in s:
result = result * 256 + ord(c)
return result
def countLeadingChars(s, ch):
count = 0
for c in s:
if c == ch:
count += 1
else:
break
return count
# https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Base58Check_encoding
def base58CheckEncode(version, payload):
s = chr(version) + payload
checksum = hashlib.sha256(hashlib.sha256(s).digest()).digest()[0:4]
result = s + checksum
leadingZeros = countLeadingChars(result, '\0')
return '1' * leadingZeros + base58encode(base256decode(result))
def privateKeyToWif(key_hex):
return base58CheckEncode(0x80, key_hex.decode('hex'))
def privateKeyToPublicKey(s):
sk = ecdsa.SigningKey.from_string(s.decode('hex'), curve=ecdsa.SECP256k1)
vk = sk.verifying_key
return ('\04' + sk.verifying_key.to_string()).encode('hex')
def pubKeyToAddr(s):
ripemd160 = hashlib.new('ripemd160')
ripemd160.update(hashlib.sha256(s.decode('hex')).digest())
return base58CheckEncode(0, ripemd160.digest())
def keyToAddr(s):
return pubKeyToAddr(privateKeyToPublicKey(s))
# Generate a random private key
private_key = os.urandom(32).encode('hex')
# You can verify the values on http://brainwallet.org/
print "Secret Exponent (Uncompressed) : %s " % private_key
print "Private Key : %s " % privateKeyToWif(private_key)
print "Address : %s " % keyToAddr(private_key)
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