btctxstore
Simple library to store/retrieve information in bitcoin transactions using OP_RETURN.
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A library to read/write data to bitcoin transactions as nulldata outputs.
============ Installation
Install btctxstore lib
::
pip install btctxstore
========================= Use fast native functions
There is experimental code that will call into OpenSSL for slow functions. To enable this, set (and export) environment variable PYCOIN_NATIVE=openssl.
::
$ export PYCOIN_NATIVE=openssl
================================ storing data in nulldata outputs
Store data in blockchain in new transaction with nulldata output.
.. code:: python
from examples/store_nulldata.py
import binascii from btctxstore import BtcTxStore
Wallet used to pay for fee. Please do not spend the testnet coins is
this wallet or the example will fail due to lack of funds.
wifs = ["cUZfG8KJ3BrXneg2LjUX4VoMg76Fcgx6QDiAZj2oGbuw6da8Lzv1"]
use testnet and dont post tx to blockchain for example
api = BtcTxStore(testnet=True, dryrun=True)
store data in blockchain as nulldata output (max 40bytes)
data = binascii.hexlify(b"github.com/F483/btctxstore") txid = api.store_nulldata(data, wifs) print(txid)
===================================== retrieving data from nulldata outputs
Retrieve transaction from blockchain and read data stored as nulldata output.
.. code:: python
from examples/retrieve_nulldata.py
from btctxstore import BtcTxStore
api = BtcTxStore(testnet=True, dryrun=True) # use testing setup for example txid = "987451c344c504d07c1fa12cfbf84b5346535da5154006f6dc8399a8fae127eb" hexnulldata = api.retrieve_nulldata(txid) print(hexnulldata)
====================================== sign/verify data (bitcoind compatible)
.. code:: python
from examples/signverify.py
import binascii from btctxstore import BtcTxStore
api = BtcTxStore(testnet=True, dryrun=True) # use testing setup for example wif = api.create_key() # create new private key address = api.get_address(wif) # get private key address data = binascii.hexlify(b"messagetext") # hexlify messagetext
sign data with private key
signature = api.sign_data(wif, data) print("signature:", signature)
verify signature (no public or private key needed)
isvalid = api.verify_signature(address, signature, data) print("valid signature" if isvalid else "invalid signature")
=========== Split utxos
Split utxos of wallet unitil limit or max_outputs reached.
.. code:: python
from examples/split_utxos.py
from btctxstore import BtcTxStore
Please do not spend the testnet coins is this wallet
or the example will fail due to lack of funds.
wif = "cUZfG8KJ3BrXneg2LjUX4VoMg76Fcgx6QDiAZj2oGbuw6da8Lzv1"
use testnet and dont post tx to blockchain for example
api = BtcTxStore(testnet=True, dryrun=True)
limit = 10000000 # 0.1BTC txids = api.split_utxos(wif, limit) print(txids)