I need a few lines of python to make WIF addresses

Question

I have code which generates WIF keys from hex keys. It just need a few more lines to generate WIF addresses.

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import binascii, hashlib, base58, sys


def convert(z):

private_key_static = z

extended_key = "80"+private_key_static+"01"

first_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(binascii.unhexlify(extended_key)).hexdigest()

second_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(binascii.unhexlify(first_sha256)).hexdigest()

final_key = extended_key+second_sha256[:8]

WIF = base58.b58encode(binascii.unhexlify(final_key)).decode ('ascii')

print (WIF)


with open("HEX.txt") as file:
    for line in file:
       convert(str.strip(line))

Answer 1

Note: WIF is a format for private keys, not addresses. There are multiple address formats, but the most common is P2PKH (hash of a public key).

I recommend looking that the code for Electrum to learn about how to work with public keys and addresses in Python, (check out bitcoin.py). It contains everything you need and is reliable code used by many thousands of users to secure their bitcoin.