Questions tagged [address-generation]
Collects technical details on the process of creating new addresses.
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python-bitcoinlib | Create Private Keys, Public Keys and Addresses - How to Do It?
I'm trying to use the python-bitcoinlib library but its docs aren't entirely clear to me.
I'm a programmer but quite new to Python, and not very versed in the Bitcoin protocol.
What's the process, ...
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Why bitcoin does not generate and support Segwit addresses by default automatically?
I downloaded the latest bitcoin core, but the generated wallet and address was not a segwit. Why bitcoin core, does not support segwit by default? and when it will be changed?
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Managing the bitcoin address gap
We're in the process of setting up bitcoin payments to fund accounts in our system. Using the C# BitcoinLib (https://github.com/GeorgeKimionis/BitcoinLib) to interact with the Bitcoin Daemon.
Our ...
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Where can I find a C or C++ implementation of converting bitcoin privatekey to bitcoin public key and bitcoin address?
There are versions in python and some such things, but I need a C version (or at least C++).
I do have the sha256, RMD160 in C already, and those functions are called. Thank you.
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how to create Bitcoin address , p2sh segwit and Bitcoin segwit address on python console from pubkey?
i am new on python,
i know it
how to create Bitcoin address , p2sh segwit and Bitcoin segwit address on python console ?
i use https://github.com/richardkiss/pycoin
and command-line
(base) C:\Users\...
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How to generate these bitcoin addresses?
For the private key KwaZRh42fdQD4iUN6sy2GtEC5gfSAYXrQgp16KPV4Pxsspi5ChRb, I have the following addresses:
1N7jKvQ1fHezb61eNsGEaF4gcj5sQXhb2m (P2PKH)
14MNoFYWheu7sLkj8urvXCpYEdCuL4m2PH (P2PKH)
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Not receiving Compact Block even after 'sendcompact' message
I have setup a regtest net locally with 2 nodes. One of nodes generates blocks using 'bitcoin-cli generatetoaddress 10 ', sendcompact message was sent from other node yet it gets normal block(...
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OpenSSL bitcoin addresses generation
Using OpenSSL ver 1.1.0h on win 8.1 - 32 bit
Im trying to recreate this post using cmd: OpenSSL generate Bitcoin address
But on step 3:
openssl ec -in c:\keys\private.pem -outform DER|tail -c +8|...
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bitcoinjs-lib seems to skip a step in deriving addresses from a BIP 44 wallet
According to this wiki page to create a bitcoin address,
1) you have your public key of the properly derived path
2) Then SHA256 it
3) Then RIPEMD-160 it,
Add version byte at the front and boom ...
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Would it be possible for an 8-bit microprocessor to create a bitcoin keypair?
Context for question: With the latest security breaches around modern CPU's (Spectre / Meltdown) I was wondering if we could generate ECDSA keypairs on cheap, small and/or simple air gapped (micro)...
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Why does my implementation of hex to Base58check produce different results than the example?
Step 8 of this wiki page gives this hex value: 00010966776006953D5567439E5E39F86A0D273BEED61967F6
Step 9 converts it to this base58 string:16UwLL9Risc3QfPqBUvKofHmBQ7wMtjvM
I'm trying to implement ...
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Bitcoin cash wallet with ability to generate new addresses
I'm looking for a wallet that can generate new addresses. I've seen some wallets that do generate a new receive address for Bitcoin, but I'm not sure if a new address is used when Bitcoin is sent.
I ...
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how many unique bitcoins address can be generated in one address pattern
Example address prefix given below
12cgpRC5r7zakGBfRGf5RQfGCgTnp7K1Yb
12cgpFkDMJXdwck9YHrrFsWP8PgxXjtBS7
12cgpcjw2628NPAPMvzSWF9Vh2tcUJrpAa
12cgpDmDJnugoRHeAfief7KSiUFvNPF5MY
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Generate Bitcoin addresses using a Master Key from Armory wallet
Is it possible to generate Bitcoin addresses using a Master Key from a Armory wallet with PHP?
I don't want to use Electrum Master Key as Armory has a lot more features that come in handy often.
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Sent bitcoins to my unencrypted wallet and encrypted the wallet before file synced, is there any way i can get them back?
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on my problem..
I think I sent bitcoins from an online wallet to my offline wallet BitcoinQT(0.81) in august.
The transaction has been confirmed, but not ...
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How To get Address Public Key from Account XPUB?
I am little bit confused or not able to get the right Address Node Public key from Account XPUB.
What i have Done :
1==> Get the Account XPUB [78Bytes]
2==> SHA-256
3==> SHA-256 Again
4==> ...
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Creating bech32 address on bitcoin core automatically generate another address on lightning network
my lightning network backend is bitcoind. Interesting when I execute getnewaddress label bech32 another bech32 address is automatically generated. I found it because at the lightning network console ...
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Trying to programmically generate unused receiving address from a xPub
I'm trying to generate unused receiving Bitcoin address from xPub using PyWallet python library .
I got the xPub from my BIP32 Electrum wallet.
Here is what I tried
from pywallet import wallet
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secp256k1.publicKeyCreate generating symbollic key
Following is my code:
const bip39 = require("bip39");
var HDKey = require('hdkey');
var bip32 = require("bip32");
var bitcoin = require('bitcore-lib');
var EthereumBip44 = require('...
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Procedure for Deriving Payment Addresses
I'm trying to understand the HD wallet payment derivation procedure, so assume:
Ownership of a Bitcoin HD Wallet on an external smart device
Exported account level extended public key (xpub....) from ...
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What's the difference between all kinds of bitcoin addresses (Single, multisig, etc…) also compared to all bitcoin forks?
Bitcoin addresses start with 1. Multisig/Script addresses start with 3. Other forks of bitcoin have single letters that are different at the beginning. Is this letter simply and only prepended to the ...
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How login in Bitcoin wallet using private key
We're working with a ICO project based on NEO Blockchain. We've requirement of getting payments through NEO, ETH and BTC. We're using deposit address concept to get payments from the users, and for ...
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how to get the private key for an used address ?
I have used an address generated by Exodus wallet. whats happened is that my bitcoin confirmed but didn't receive any thing on Exodus wallet. I want now to import private key in another wallet. but ...
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Get wallet address when creating wallet with blockchain API
Using the API endpoint http://localhost:3000/api/v2/create I get this response:
{"guid":"58671a54-7d60-4319-8742-b06fb2a8d060","address":"...
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What is the easiest way (user experience wise) to get xpub?
I'v got monitoring app going for my hardware wallet and am planning to release it to public. Biggest pain point right now is asking users to enter their xpub key. It can be done, but there is no ...
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How to generate Electrum address with pybitcointools
I want to create a payment service where I want to be able to charge each client according to its invoice. I picked Electrum as my underlying wallet and pybitcontools as my Python interface.
I would ...
