bitcoin.encoding package

Provides methods to allow encoding and decoding Bitcoin addresses.

bitcoin.encoding.b58encode(value: bytes) → str

Encodes bytes using base58 convention into an human-readable string.

Sources

• Bitcoin Wiki: base 58

bitcoin.encoding.b58decode(value: str) → bytes

Decodes a base58 string into a bytes object.

bitcoin.encoding.bech32encode(hrp, version, program)

Encodes bytes using bech32 convention into an human-readable string.

bitcoin.encoding.bech32decode(string)

Decodes a bech32 string into a bytes object.

Submodules

• bitcoin.encoding.base58 module
• bitcoin.encoding.bech32 module