import bitcoin # Generate a random private key valid_private_key = False while not valid_private_key: private_key = bitcoin.random_key() decoded_private_key = bitcoin.decode_privkey(private_key, 'hex') valid_private_key = 0 < decoded_private_key < bitcoin.N print "Private Key (hex) is: ", private_key print "Private Key (decimal) is: ", decoded_private_key # Convert private key to WIF format wif_encoded_private_key = bitcoin.encode_privkey(decoded_private_key, 'wif') print "Private Key (WIF) is: ", wif_encoded_private_key # Add suffix "01" to indicate a compressed private key compressed_private_key = private_key + '01' print "Private Key Compressed (hex) is: ", compressed_private_key # Generate a WIF format from the compressed private key (WIF-compressed) wif_compressed_private_key = bitcoin.encode_privkey( bitcoin.decode_privkey(compressed_private_key, 'hex'), 'wif') print "Private Key (WIF-Compressed) is: ", wif_compressed_private_key # Multiply the EC generator point G with the private key to get a public key point public_key = bitcoin.base10_multiply(bitcoin.G, decoded_private_key) print "Public Key (x,y) coordinates is:", public_key # Encode as hex, prefix 04 hex_encoded_public_key = bitcoin.encode_pubkey(public_key,'hex') print "Public Key (hex) is:", hex_encoded_public_key # Compress public key, adjust prefix depending on whether y is even or odd (public_key_x, public_key_y) = public_key if (public_key_y % 2) == 0: compressed_prefix = '02' else: compressed_prefix = '03' hex_compressed_public_key = compressed_prefix + bitcoin.encode(public_key_x, 16) print "Compressed Public Key (hex) is:", hex_compressed_public_key # Generate bitcoin address from public key print "Bitcoin Address (b58check) is:", bitcoin.pubkey_to_address(public_key) # Generate compressed bitcoin address from compressed public key print "Compressed Bitcoin Address (b58check) is:", \ bitcoin.pubkey_to_address(hex_compressed_public_key)