test

gistfile1.txt

import bitcoin.base58
import bitcoin.bech32
"""
Converts a base58 bitcoin address into a 21 byte bytes object
"""

address = "bc1qqmpt7u5e9hfznljta5gnvhyvfd2kdd0r90hwue"
try:
    bech32 = bitcoin.bech32.CBech32Data(address)
    witver = (0x80 + bech32.witver).to_bytes(1, byteorder='big') # mark the first byte for segwit
    witprog = bech32.to_bytes()
    if not (0 <= bech32.witver <= 16):
        raise Exception('impossible witness version')
    print(len(witprog))
    if len(witprog) == 20:
        print("p2wpkh")
        print(bech32.witver)
        print(witprog)
    elif len(witprog) == 32:
        print("p2wsh")
        print(bech32.witver)
        print(witprog)
        raise Exception('p2wsh still not supported for sending')
    else:
        raise Exception('unexpected length for segwit')
except Exception as ne:
    try:
        short_address_bytes = bitcoin.base58.decode(address)[:-4]
        print("base58")
        print(short_address_bytes)
    except bitcoin.base58.InvalidBase58Error as e:
        raise e