bcutils

bitcoin utils

Python implementation of modular and elliptic curve calculations. the ECDSA module has functions for evaluating the signing equation for from different sets of given variables. ( like recover the public key from a message + signature )

The bcaddr tool can convert bitcoin addresses between several formats.

For details on ECDSA, see this blogpost.

An older version of this script can be found at this gist.

By: Willem Hengeveld itsme@xs4all.nl