How to convert a bitcoin address to the respective hash160 using bash?

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I want to convert a list of bitcoin addresses to their respective hash160 values as illustrated using bash :

asked Dec 13, 2018 at 18:16

Aurigae

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came across this repo github.com/cryptocoinjs/bs58 which does the job but still have no clue how todo it without such tool in bash.
– Aurigae
Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 19:29
Are you looking for a built-in tool package with your O.S.? Because you could use that node library in bash.
– JBaczuk
Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 19:43
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i did but its incredibly slow - if i understand the process i can rewrite it for bash which would be optimal.
– Aurigae
Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 20:43

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