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How to sweep a segwit bech32 private key?
Use Electrum 3.1.1 and prepend "p2wpkh:" to the private key before importing or sweeping it. For example:
p2wpkh:5Kkzs8XrJNAmf9VQDFeGBfaRvSByAvPK6DbDXw5BVqswWaXSG2Y
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How do you validate a bitcoin address using bitcoinjs library in javascript?
If you call
bitcoin.address.toOutputScript(address, bitcoin.networks.bitcoin)
It will throw an error if the address cannot be parsed as P2SH or P2PKH, or if the checksum is not valid. Replace the ...
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Do all implementation of Deterministic RFC6979-compliant ECDSA signatures generate the same signed transaction given the same data?
So if I were to create the same transaction using bitcoinjs and bitcoinj, the end result of the signed transaction would be the same with both libraries, is that correct?
They certainly should. That'...
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How to get xpriv and xpub from keyPair with bitcoinjs-lib
The short answer is: you probably shouldn't.
That is not a typical way to generate an xpriv/xpub. You are trying to convert a key pair to an extended key pair. The difference is the extended keys ...
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Using BitcoinJS - How do you verify a message using a segwit bech32 (bc1…) / P2SH (3…) addresses?
A Trezor signed message with a 3 address can be verified here:
https://jhoenicke.github.io/brainwallet.github.io/#verify
Or your can verify it with another Trezor wallet.
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How to push a raw transaction using BitcoinJS (and Request)?
Body must be a string.
You can use form instead of body.
Reference:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/request#forms
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How to use bitcoinjs-lib with Regtest?
Oops! Noob mistake.
I thought that testnet and regtest had different version prefixes (not compatible) but they are (the bitcoin wiki and bitcoin developers page doesn't clarify this, though). So I ...
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Creating an OP_CSV transaction with bitcoinjs
In bitcoin-js you could do something like this
aliceToBobRedeemScript = bitcoin.script.compile([,
bitcoin.opcodes.OP_IF,
bitcoin.opcodes.OP_HASH160,
aliceSecretHash,
bitcoin.opcodes....
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How do you broadcast a transaction programatically?
You should not use an online service for broadcasting transaction. This online-service would have full control (censor?) over your transaction. The service could analyze your data behavior and/or ...
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How to read the balance on a wallet address
To get a balance of the address you need a view of the blockchain's current utxo set. This is typically done by syncing a node. I don't believe bitcoinjs has the capability to be a node (nor it is ...
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Why am I unable to post two transactions (the second from the change address of the first) in the same block?
I think my issue was that I was accidentally trying to spend the output from my first transaction (which had insufficient funds for both the given fee and the given amount of change) instead of the ...
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OP_EQUALVERIFY Problem
So... I found out what was wrong. The problem was in this part of the code when i was adding the inputs. I was adding an index to each input based on which number of input it was.
for(var a = 0; a &...
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Specifying fee amount using bitcoinjs
The fee is the sum of unspent value in a Transaction.
Aka the value NOT SENT by your outputs.
fee = in - out
For an example, if we assume the input ...
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How to decode transaction inputs from raw data using bitcoinjs-lib?
You will, by default, only see the values of the outputs and not the inputs. To gather all values for inputs, you will need to loop through your inputs and use an API to gather the transactions where ...
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Understanding signing messages with bitcoinjs-lib
That particular line of code asserts that the private key fits into a 32 byte-sized byte array properly with the necessary zero paddings. As the private key is simply some random Big Integer between 0 ...
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Can't generate same addresses as bitcoincore using xprv from bitcoin-core
looks like address from dump is multisig?
It is not multisig. Bitcoin Core does not generate multisig addresses.
That address is a P2SH wrapped Segwit address. The same private key can be associated ...
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How to retrieve readable private key from bitcoinjs-lib
use .toString('hex') instead.
Don't export / import individual private keys when you are using BIP32 HD keys. IT IS DANGEROUS.
.toString('hex') and .toString('base64') are readable string ...
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bitcoinjs-lib is installed but cannot use its functions
You seem to be using an old version of bitcoinjs-lib. The payments interface was added in version 4.0.0 which was released in 2018.
Note that the ECPair interface was removed in 6.0.0 so this code won'...
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Using BitcoinJS - How do you verify a message using a segwit bech32 (bc1…) / P2SH (3…) addresses?
There is no established standard (yet) for signatures with addresses other than P2PKH (1...) addresses.
So whatever signature you created, it will only verify against the corresponding P2PKH address.
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How to sweep a segwit bech32 private key?
Instructions for Bitcoin Core 23.0
You will need:
the private key in WIF format
to know the context in which this key was used (for what type of scripts)
optionally, the approximate date at which you ...
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Where does the entropy of BitcoinJS' makeRandom() come from?
This code calls this code, which calls crypto.getRandomValues, which is a trustworthy cryptographically secure random number generator. It's secure enough to compete with bitaddress.org, as long as ...
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ScriptHash from bitcoin address with BitcoinJS
Got the answer via github
let script = bitcoin.address.toOutputScript(address)
let hash = bitcoin.crypto.sha256(script)
let reversedHash = new Buffer(hash.reverse())
console.log(address, ' maps to ',...
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How to decode transaction inputs from raw data using bitcoinjs-lib?
How should I process this data so I can get total in and out amounts and calculate transaction fee?
Each in contains a (hash, index) to a previous output in the blockchain. Assuming you have a full ...
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How BitcoinJS sync bitcoin blockchain/transaction data?
BitcoinJS does not link directly to the bitcoin network, it is simply a collection of bitcoin-related functions.
Taking your example above, if we wanted to create a transaction with BitcoinJS' ...
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Creating an OP_CSV transaction with bitcoinjs
To answer the question:
What does the timeDelay value represent? How can I e.g. lock the funds for 2 blocks?
Please see the following example using bitcoinjs:
let bip68 = require('bip68')
bip68....
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Creating an OP_CSV transaction with bitcoinjs
following the link https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0112.mediawiki:
1.) the timeDelay in your example represents two possibilities:
// There are two kinds of nSequence: lock-by-...
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HD wallet implementation
I'm doing something similar but using segwit addresses (BIP49). If you are using BIP32 with a standard derivation of m/0'/0/0 you could do something like this - See: https://github.com/bitcoinjs/...
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How to create a deterministic wallet using bitcoinjs-lib
See Blockchain.info wallet source code
https://github.com/blockchain/My-Wallet-V3
Also check the bitcoinjs-lib's list of projects
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How to convert a keyPair to JSON and back?
Wallet Import Format can be used in a Javascript String, which is JSON compatible.
For bitcoinjs-lib@^2.0.0:
var prv = keyPair.toWIF()
To recover, use
bitcoin.ECPair.fromWIF(prv)
Caution: if ...
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How to develop an ownership tracking service based on bitcoin blockchain
There are a lot of different projects that are looking to solve this problem. Almost all of them use something like colored coins to track an asset on the blockchain. Essentially, what your plan is ...
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