bitmessage-js/lib/wif.js

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/**
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* Implements WIF encoding/decoding.
* @see {@link https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wallet_import_format}
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* @module bitmessage/wif
*/
"use strict";
var bufferEqual = require("buffer-equal");
var bs58 = require("bs58");
var assert = require("./util").assert;
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var bmcrypto = require("./crypto");
// Compute the WIF checksum for the given data.
function getchecksum(data) {
return bmcrypto.sha256(bmcrypto.sha256(data)).slice(0, 4);
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}
/**
* Decode WIF encoded private key.
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* @param {string} wif - Encoded key
* @return {Buffer} Private key.
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*/
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exports.decode = function(wif) {
var bytes = bs58.decode(wif);
assert(bytes[0] === 0x80, "Bad WIF");
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var data = new Buffer(bytes.slice(0, -4));
var checksum = new Buffer(bytes.slice(-4));
assert(bufferEqual(checksum, getchecksum(data)), "Bad checkum");
return data.slice(1);
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};
/**
* Convert private key to a WIF.
* @param {Buffer} privateKey - A private key to encode
* @return {string} Encoded private key.
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*/
exports.encode = function(privateKey) {
var data = Buffer.concat([new Buffer([0x80]), privateKey]);
var checksum = getchecksum(data);
var bytes = Buffer.concat([data, checksum]);
return bs58.encode(bytes);
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};