BSV-ex v0.1.0 BSV.Address View Source

Module for calculating any Bitcoin public or private key's address.

A Bitcoin address is calculated by hashing the public key with both the SHA-256 and then RIPEMD alogrithms. The hash is then Base58Check encoded, resulting in the Bitcoin address.

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Functions

to_string(key, options \\ [])

Calculates and returns the Bitcoin address from the given public or private key.

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to_string(key, options \\ [])

to_string(
  BSV.KeyPair.t()
  | BSV.Extended.PublicKey.t()
  | BSV.Extended.PrivateKey.t()
  | {binary(), binary()},
  binary()
) :: String.t()

Calculates and returns the Bitcoin address from the given public or private key.

Examples

iex> BSV.Crypto.ECDSA.PrivateKey.from_sequence(BSV.Test.ecdsa_key)
...> |> BSV.KeyPair.from_ecdsa_key
...> |> BSV.Address.to_string
"18cqNbEBxkAttxcZLuH9LWhZJPd1BNu1A5"

iex> BSV.Crypto.ECDSA.PrivateKey.from_sequence(BSV.Test.ecdsa_key)
...> |> BSV.KeyPair.from_ecdsa_key(compressed: false)
...> |> BSV.Address.to_string
"1N5Cu7YUPQhcwZaQLDT5KnDpRVKzFDJxsf"

iex> BSV.Crypto.ECDSA.PrivateKey.from_sequence(BSV.Test.ecdsa_key)
...> |> BSV.KeyPair.from_ecdsa_key
...> |> BSV.Address.to_string(network: :test)
"mo8nfeKAmmc9g56B4UFXARutAPDi1sr7tH"