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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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bitcoin address from xpub key

I want to create bitcoin address from extended public key, without exposing private key but did not get any success till now. Do someone know how to do it? I am using bitcore-lib package
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How to generate a dash address? [closed]

How can I generate a simple dash address from a public key? How many address formats are there in dash?
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BIP 32 child key derivation "stops working" after a certain index (i)

Here's my code to get a child public key from a parent HD key. I adapted it from freedomnode: public function address_from_master_pub($path = '0/0') { if ($this->xpub === NULL && $...
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Number of Trials Required For Brute Force Attack To Have x% Of Success?

I'm making an informational video about how unlikely it is for an attacker to successfully brute force a specific bitcoin address. Obviously, it will deal with impossibly huge numbers ("not in earth's ...
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How is it possible that the same WIF Private Key generates two different addresses?

I am wondering if you can explain this. I went here: https://coinb.in/#newSegWit Created the SegWit Address below: 3ASaGJ8h2bLn6Jha3hncBzXUKRCLyfv9bk RedeemScript ...
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Checking the first and last characters of a cryptocurrency address?

When confirming that an address entered on a site/app is what I expect it to be, I often check the first and last 3-4 characters to see if they match. Is this practice dangerous? Could an attacker ...
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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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Hypothetical Scenario - Address collision with address with already confirmed outgoing transaction

In a typical case of finding a collision with an address, as long as the private key provided has a consistent public key that hashes to the address, then the coins in that address can be spent. The ...
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How to generate an address for bitcoin?

I installed bitcoin core and I am generating an address using getnewaddress. To get the private_key of the address I am using dumpprivkey. To get the unspents I am using listunspent. Till here ...
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Can I generate an address without using bitcoin core?

I am running bitcoin core in my mode. I am using getnewaddress to generate an address and then I am using unspent to get the unspent of an address which returns the unspent successfully. If I created ...
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How are 21 words seeds generated

Apologies for the noobie question. I was wondering how a range of wallet addresses (eg. BTC address 33ELbMhwHw5AaKHU4u3MzVSFvvK7aa7HZL) is algorithmically converted into seeds (eg. 12 words). Any help?...
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Generate QR code for multiple cryptocurrency addresses

I want to generate my own QR code with my main cryptocurrency addresses without using an online solution, is there maybe a command prompt way or particular piece of software I cam download for this, ...
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How to generate a native Segwit address and P2SH Segwit address from a standard WIF?

Can I have the steps to generate a native Segwit address from a standard WIF? And the steps to generate a P2SH Segwit address from the same WIF? How do these two formats differ and why are there two?...
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Benefits of generate address from sha256 hash than random address

Is there any benefits (eg: better security) of generate a address from SHA 256 hash vs generate a random hash? Generate adress from a SHA 256 hash var value = Buffer.from('correct horse battery ...
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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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How to generate a Litecoin testnet addresses (Segwit also) (Derivation path, bip32)

I'm creating a wallet that generates address for litecoin mainnet in two ways. One is using bitcoinjs-lib. This library has an object with all the data need it to create private keys and address: ...
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How can I generate bitcoin cash addresses programmatically? [duplicate]

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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ELI5: What is Base58Check encoding?

I've seen posts on how to do it and I've read the wiki on what it is, however these explanations are too complex. Can someone explain what it is and why it's called Base58Check encoding? Are addresses ...
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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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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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base58 cannot get 34 chars results (as Bitcoin address does) but 68 chars

I am trying to convert public key hex to Bitcoin address. From this website http://gobittest.appspot.com/Address, I can do some test. For example, I have this public key: ...
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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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Zcash wallet generation

How to generate Zcash address and private key by a mnemonic seed, in nodejs or python? Is there some lib like bitcore-lib or ethereum-bip44?
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bitcoinTestnet Network returning a mainnet address

I'm using this code to get a new address from an extended public key: $index = 97; $change = false; $key = HierarchicalKeyFactory::fromExtended($tpubaddress, NetworkFactory::...
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Does copay accepts multiple payments?

I am a bit confused as to whether copay wallet accepts multiple payments to a single address based on the phrasing "wallet generates new addresses automatically once you use a bitcoin address once"......
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How to generate a new extended public key (xpub)?

I have a need to generate a new extended public key (xpub). Examples: xpub6CUGRUonZSQ4TWtTMmzXdrXDtypWKiKrhko4egpiMZbpiaQL2jkwSB1icqYh2cfDfVxdx4df189oLKnC5fSwqPfgyP3hooxujYzAu3fDVmz ...
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Are wallet address generators considered a dapp? like bitaddress or warp wallet?

Is bitaddress or warpwallet generator considered a dapp? They aren't tied to centralized server when you use the application to generate your own addresses and it can run by itself.
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Is there a way to generate new addresses for someone else's wallet?

I thought I saw this feature existed somewhere but I can't find the reference. Use Case: Alice needs to keep sending multiple bitcoin transactions to Bob, and wants to use a different payment address ...
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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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How do you output segwit bech32 (bc1...) / P2SH (3...) addresses from a bitcoin private key?

I have a bitcoin private key and know that it can output a segwit addresses of bech32 bc1... and p2sh 3... formats. How can this be done easily?
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How to sweep a segwit bech32 private key?

I'm testing segwit bech32 addresses and generated the following using bitcoinjs: address: bc1qc7u5njf4nf2rj3zys642mfc7nct6kdven8j4e9 private key: 5Kkzs8XrJNAmf9VQDFeGBfaRvSByAvPK6DbDXw5BVqswWaXSG2Y ...
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how bitcoin core generate addresses?

how does bitcoin core generate addresses and where can they be found in the data directory?
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When you create a multisig address from existing addresses, do the funds move there?

If you have three addresses, lets say A, B and C and they each have 1 BTC. When you create a multisig address out of the three addresses, will it have a balance of 3 BTC or do you have to send the ...
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Subscription-based payments

I'm writing a web application that will require subscription fees from users. I'd like to automate this process without relying heavily on 3rd party services (web-based wallets, etc). Currently, this ...
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Generate cryptocurrency addresses on server

I want to generate cryptocurrency addresses (e.g. for top 10 cryptocurrencies on CoinMarketCap) on my server and be able to send transactions when deposit arrives. Can I do that with CLIs or there is ...
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New address generation on exchange services

Services like ShapeShift generate new addresses for each transaction. It is not clear how to they do that. I didn't find any API that supports address generation for such a big amount of coins like on ...
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Is it secure to put a wallet address on one's business cards as a QR code?

As a company, we're making business cards, and would like to put our bitcoin addresses on our business cards as QR codes. Yet, I know that it is a best practice for wallets to cycle addresses - I mean,...
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Bitcoin cash wallet with ability to generate new addresses [closed]

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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Does BIP44 key derivation path protects private keys derived within same account?

I understand that with Un-hardened parent extended public key child private key This will leads to compromise of parent private key and so all the private keys of siblings BIP44 suggests the path ...
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How Bitcoin wallets avoid address re-usability?

As we know, address reusability compromises both privacy and security. My question is how Bitcoin wallets avoid address reusability? Is wallet generates an address from index 1 and scan blockchain ...
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How does Bitcoin Core know that your private key relates to your public address? Are the private keys stored?

When a user creates an account on Bitcoin Core, he is assigned private keys. And he needs to use these private keys in order to send transactions onto the network. Does Bitcoin Core store these ...
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Why is Bitcoin address encoded in base58?

Why does bitcoin address encoding use base58 instead of, for instance, base64? I don't see it is useful in any way.
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How could you differentiate if the bitcoin address is from master node or derived nodes?

Given that I have these two random generated bitcoin testnet addresses, could you tell if it is the bitcoin testnet, master node or derived nodes, if we discuss bip-0032 spec (Master key generation)? ...
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How to generate multiple public addresses using one private key?

I want to generate multiple btc addresses using one private key. I am using pywallet library but each child address also have the private key. Can I use one private key for multiple addresses (if they ...
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What is the likelihood that an xPub child address is not owned by the same xPub address holder?

Kind of an odd question, and I'm pretty sure the answer is, "extremely unlikely," but wanted to see what the community thought. Secondary question: How sure can one be that the addresses ...
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Use old legacy bitcoin private key generated from 2012 to generate a segwit address

The old legacy addresses starts with 1 and the new ones start with 3 and bc1. Can I use my old private key from 2012 to generate a bc1 address? And how so?
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How do you generate a receive address from a string? [closed]

I already have a an address with Bitcoin and would like to generate a receive address using SHA256 hash which is based on a string. I've found an example of creating an address using a SHA256 hash: ...
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Bitcoin segwit addresses from HEX

I loved those two https://github.com/grondilu/bitcoin-bash-tools https://www.bitaddress.org/ because you can convert HEX into WIF private key. Is there something similar what allows to create ...
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Why is my segwit private key generating a 3 address vs a bc1 address like how I originally generated?

I have the following btc private key that I generated from another application: 5KCPzu4tEAnFqwLrXUbW3GKMDSnUYY8CMie2HMRuHouSvrFhXA9 That application gives me the following segwit address: ...

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