Simple BIP32 (HD) wallet creation for BTC, BTG, BCH, LTC, DASH and DOGE
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PyWallet
Simple BIP32 (HD) wallet creation for: BTC, BTG, BCH, LTC, DASH, DOGE
BIP32 (or HD for “hierarchical deterministic”) wallets allow you to create child wallets which can only generate public keys and don’t expose a private key to an insecure server.
This library simplify the process of creating new wallets for the BTC, BTG, BCH, LTC, DASH and DOGE cryptocurrencies.
Most of the code here is forked from:
Steven Buss’s Bitmerchant (original)
BlockIo’s multimerchant-python (fork of Bitmerchant)
Michail Brynard’s Ethereum BIP44 Python
I simply added support for a few more cryptocurrencies (BCH, BTG, DASH), as well as created methods to simplify the creation of HD wallets and child wallets.
Enjoy!
Installation
Install via PiP:
$ sudo pip install pywallet
Example code:
Create HD Wallet
The following code creates a new Bitcoin HD wallet:
# create_btc_wallet.py
from pywallet import wallet
# generate 12 word mnemonic seed
seed = wallet.generate_mnemonic()
# create bitcoin wallet
w = wallet.create_wallet(network="BTC", seed=seed)
print(w)
Output looks like this:
$ python create_btc_wallet.py
{
'coin': 'BTC',
'seed': 'tool innocent picnic fluid silent ask minute scheme rural crumble decrease rescue',
'address': '1CPG2MU2fbXKfqi3pdBF3WaiodE28uB6ns',
'xprivate_key': 'xprv9s21ZrQH143K4WwrikXgmThRVAXko6oSNKcG5AUyRhYQCmmUX18eZUpcB98T3DP73jqgq7JrLEaXLkUs5cQ4HnCmtVuNVTbfRx9GRB1duuX',
'xpublic_key': 'xpub661MyMwAqRbcH12Kpn4h8beA3CNFCZXHjYXrsYtaz35P5a6d4YSu7H962Rt1nzo6q5rhHmTCTcxSaNFG2UtAQdy4pAuLqaz5gAmSx76t5Ab',
'wif': 'KzkcdtrAPY3CctyzLJARA3rC8gUHEdrk1V8hN3GGE2UHJvaFEhA2'
}
Similarly, you can do the same for an Ethereum wallet:
# create_eth_wallet.py
from pywallet import wallet
seed = wallet.generate_mnemonic()
w = wallet.create_wallet(network="ETH", seed=seed)
print(w)
Output looks like this (no WIF for Ethereum):
$ python create_eth_wallet.py
{
'coin': 'ETH',
'seed': 'cactus father lecture ahead strategy parrot genre kind crew lock merit unfair',
'address': '0x6497148e392fc5703db95be03cc5cbb81009d3b2',
'xprivate_key': 'xprv9zJtR6McPYXYpQGeUgAy219NSPBiHXmP8kzwsMJVRjGd86r4cDgZotQJaXH1TAZ2MSFKoPE6pYUe3cTEgRAdwXKt9enhoc7PnF7opkwdBqP',
'xpublic_key': 'xpub6DJEpbtWDv5r2tM7ahhyP966zR2CgzVEVyvYfji6z4obzuBD9kzpMginRnczVeuxXjvQFEGDEgdKzTB4r8Q2aUUa5GAZxDfogChbrZxj3Cj',
'wif': ''
}
* Valid options for network are: BTC, BTG, BCH, LTC, DASH, DOGE
Create Child Wallet
You can create child-wallets (BIP32 wallets) from the HD wallet’s Extended Public Key to generate new public addresses without revealing your private key.
Example:
# create_child_wallet.py
from pywallet import wallet
WALLET_PUBKEY = 'YOUR WALLET XPUB'
# generate address for specific user (id = 10)
user_addr = wallet.create_address(network="BTC", xpub=WALLET_PUBKEY, child=10)
# or generate a random address, based on timestamp
rand_addr = wallet.create_address(network="BTC", xpub=WALLET_PUBKEY)
print("User Address\n", user_addr)
print("Random Address\n", rand_addr)
Output looks like this:
$ python create_child_wallet.py
User Address
1FxgaPRGHcY7JGg5jqdwx4kYgiP3xB1aX7
Random Address
1KpS2wC5J8bDsGShXDHD7qdGvnic1h27Db
IMPORTANT
I highly recommend that you familiarize yourself with the Blockchain technology and be aware of security issues. Reading Mastering Bitcoin and going over Steven Buss’s security notes on the Bitmerchant repository is a good start.
Enjoy!
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