Coinkit

Tools for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Example Usage

Custom keypairs

>>> from coinkit.keypair import BitcoinKeypair
>>> hex_private_key = '91149ee24f1ee9a6f42c3dd64c2287781c8c57a6e8e929c80976e586d5322a3d'
>>> k = BitcoinKeypair(hex_private_key)
>>> k.private_key()
'91149ee24f1ee9a6f42c3dd64c2287781c8c57a6e8e929c80976e586d5322a3d'
>>> k.public_key()
'042c6b7e6da7633c8f226891cc7fa8e5ec84f8eacc792a46786efc869a408d29539a5e6f8de3f71c0014e8ea71691c7b41f45c083a074fef7ab5c321753ba2b3fe'
>>> k.wif_pk()
'5JvBUBPzU42Y7BHD7thTnySXQXMk8XEJGGQGcyBw7CCkw8RAH7m'
>>> k.address()
'13mtgVARiB1HiRyCHnKTi6rEwyje5TYKBW'

Brain wallet keypairs

>>> passphrase = 'shepherd mais pack rate enamel horace diva filesize maximum really roar mall'
>>> k = BitcoinKeypair().from_passphrase(passphrase)
>>> k.passphrase()
'shepherd mais pack rate enamel horace diva filesize maximum really roar mall'
>>> k.address()
'13mtgVARiB1HiRyCHnKTi6rEwyje5TYKBW'

Randomly-generated keypairs

>>> k1 = BitcoinKeypair()
>>> k2 = BitcoinKeypair.from_passphrase()

Altcoin keypairs

>>> from coinkit.keypair import LitecoinKeypair
>>> ltc_k = LitecoinKeypair(hex_private_key)
>>> ltc_k.address()
'LMzqwhUFnqFLyEfMTvJkz7v1AC6v8N9Qcd'

Generating random passphrases

>>> from coinkit.passphrase import random_160bit_passphrase
>>> random_160bit_passphrase()
'shepherd mais pack rate enamel horace diva filesize maximum really roar mall'

Supported currencies

• Litecoin
• Namecoin
• Peercoin
• Primecoin
• Testnet
• Worldcoin
• Megacoin
• Feathercoin
• Terracoin
• Novacoin
• Dogecoin
• Anoncoin
• Protoshares
• Ixcoin
• Memorycoin
• Infinitecoin
• Cryptogenic Bullion
• Quarkcoin
• Netcoin
• Earthcoin