BitcoinLib v0.4.7

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WIF Bitcoin private key format management

Inspired by https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/wif

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Functions

from_bitstring(value)

Converts a raw private key to the WIF format

to_private_key(wif)

Converts a WIF encoded private key into its binary format

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from_bitstring(value)

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@spec from_bitstring(bitstring()) :: String.t()

Converts a raw private key to the WIF format

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iex> <<10, 141, 40, 107, 17, 185, 143, 108, 178, 88, 91, 98, 127, 244, 77, 18, 5,
...> 149, 96, 172, 212, 48, 220, 250, 18, 96, 239, 43, 217, 86, 147, 115>>
...> |> BitcoinLib.Crypto.Wif.from_bitstring
"KwaDo7PNi4XPMaABfSEo9rP6uviDUATAqvyjjWTcKp4fxdkVJWLe"
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to_private_key(wif)

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@spec to_private_key(binary()) :: bitstring()

Converts a WIF encoded private key into its binary format

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iex> "cThjSL4HkRECuDxUTnfAmkXFBEg78cufVBy3ZfEhKoxZo6Q38R5L"
...> |> BitcoinLib.Crypto.Wif.to_private_key()
<<0xb6a42d01917404b740f9ef9d5cef08e13f998011246874dd65c033c4669e7009::256>>