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From private key(hex) to Wallet Import Format(WIF)
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# From private key(hex) to Wallet Import Format(WIF) | |
# Reference: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-to-create-a-bitcoin-wallet-address-from-a-private-key-eca3ddd9c05f | |
# https://docs.python.org/2/library/hashlib.html | |
import codecs #If not installed: "pip3 install codecs" | |
import hashlib | |
# PK0 is a demo private key. | |
PK0 = "841846de7afbe32ee7ded837872c6e0825db095275b8afed0000000000000000" | |
PK1 = '80'+ PK0 | |
PK2 = hashlib.sha256(codecs.decode(PK1, 'hex')) | |
PK3 = hashlib.sha256(PK2.digest()) | |
checksum = codecs.encode(PK3.digest(), 'hex')[0:8] | |
PK4 = PK1 + str(checksum)[2:10] #I know it looks wierd | |
# Define base58 | |
def base58(address_hex): | |
alphabet = '123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz' | |
b58_string = '' | |
# Get the number of leading zeros | |
leading_zeros = len(address_hex) - len(address_hex.lstrip('0')) | |
# Convert hex to decimal | |
address_int = int(address_hex, 16) | |
# Append digits to the start of string | |
while address_int > 0: | |
digit = address_int % 58 | |
digit_char = alphabet[digit] | |
b58_string = digit_char + b58_string | |
address_int //= 58 | |
# Add ‘1’ for each 2 leading zeros | |
ones = leading_zeros // 2 | |
for one in range(ones): | |
b58_string = '1' + b58_string | |
return b58_string | |
WIF = base58(PK4) | |
print(WIF) |
The original code worked for me
The comment didn't
Thank you so much.
это просто пиздец
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Thanks for this! Here's a version that can convert old blockchain.info (v1, maybe v2) wallets priv: key formats into WIF.