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If I'm a mobile developer who wants to integrate bitcoin cash in an app, how can I generate Bitcoin Cash addresses programmatically, without relying on a 3rd party service, like Coinbase?

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  • You can use the exact same method used to generate Bitcoin addresses. There is one parameter to change, as far as I know, and that is the part of the "path" that identifies the type of cryptocurrency the address is for.
    – Dave Scotese
    May 25, 2018 at 17:47
  • mobile developer? which language? there are many libraries to generate bitcoin addresses.
    – Adam
    May 26, 2018 at 12:30
  • @Adam: iOS, Swift would be preferable.
    – p3scobar
    May 27, 2018 at 19:23
  • @DaveScotese: The exact method being.....?
    – p3scobar
    May 27, 2018 at 19:26
  • @p3scobar HD Protocol, HD Wallet, BIP32, which is described at bitcoin.org/en/glossary/hd-protocol with links to some helpful resources.
    – Dave Scotese
    Jun 11, 2018 at 0:09

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You can use the following library to generate bitcoin address using Swfit on IOS

https://github.com/onmyway133/AddressGenerator

Please note that the legacy bitcoin cash and bitcoin address is the same the only difference is the network.

if you're looking for cashAddr (qq address) format, take a look on these open source libraries:

https://github.com/bitcoincashjs/cashaddrjs (javascript) https://cashaddr.bitcoincash.org/ https://github.com/schancel/cashaddr-converter

Original cashAddr algorithm (C++)

https://github.com/Bitcoin-ABC/bitcoin-abc/blob/master/src/cashaddr.cpp

it's pretty easy to read and understand, you can translate it to any language.

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    I believe OP may be asking for a way to generate cashaddr addresses.
    – Pieter Wuille
    May 27, 2018 at 22:31
  • Thanks for mention that, I've edited my question by adding more details.
    – Adam
    May 27, 2018 at 22:48

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