PyBitmessage/src/helper_bitcoin.py

import hashlib
from pyelliptic import arithmetic

# This function expects that pubkey begin with \x04
def calculateBitcoinAddressFromPubkey(pubkey):
    if len(pubkey) != 65:
        print 'Could not calculate Bitcoin address from pubkey because function was passed a pubkey that was', len(pubkey), 'bytes long rather than 65.'
        return "error"
    ripe = hashlib.new('ripemd160')
    sha = hashlib.new('sha256')
    sha.update(pubkey)
    ripe.update(sha.digest())
    ripeWithProdnetPrefix = '\x00' + ripe.digest()

    checksum = hashlib.sha256(hashlib.sha256(
        ripeWithProdnetPrefix).digest()).digest()[:4]
    binaryBitcoinAddress = ripeWithProdnetPrefix + checksum
    numberOfZeroBytesOnBinaryBitcoinAddress = 0
    while binaryBitcoinAddress[0] == '\x00':
        numberOfZeroBytesOnBinaryBitcoinAddress += 1
        binaryBitcoinAddress = binaryBitcoinAddress[1:]
    base58encoded = arithmetic.changebase(binaryBitcoinAddress, 256, 58)
    return "1" * numberOfZeroBytesOnBinaryBitcoinAddress + base58encoded


def calculateTestnetAddressFromPubkey(pubkey):
    if len(pubkey) != 65:
        print 'Could not calculate Bitcoin address from pubkey because function was passed a pubkey that was', len(pubkey), 'bytes long rather than 65.'
        return "error"
    ripe = hashlib.new('ripemd160')
    sha = hashlib.new('sha256')
    sha.update(pubkey)
    ripe.update(sha.digest())
    ripeWithProdnetPrefix = '\x6F' + ripe.digest()

    checksum = hashlib.sha256(hashlib.sha256(
        ripeWithProdnetPrefix).digest()).digest()[:4]
    binaryBitcoinAddress = ripeWithProdnetPrefix + checksum
    numberOfZeroBytesOnBinaryBitcoinAddress = 0
    while binaryBitcoinAddress[0] == '\x00':
        numberOfZeroBytesOnBinaryBitcoinAddress += 1
        binaryBitcoinAddress = binaryBitcoinAddress[1:]
    base58encoded = arithmetic.changebase(binaryBitcoinAddress, 256, 58)
    return "1" * numberOfZeroBytesOnBinaryBitcoinAddress + base58encoded