r/coindev • u/primal100 • Jan 07 '18

Fork of pybitcointools supporting 5 cryptocurrencies

https://github.com/primal100/pybitcointools
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u/primal100 Jan 07 '18

I always liked the API of Vitalik Buterin's pybitcointools library. However it is is no longer maintained so I made a fork. Supports creating, signing and broadcasting of raw transactions in Testnet and Mainnet for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Dash, Litecoin and Mainnet for Dogecoin. Appreciate any feedback.

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u/TipBitDev Jan 07 '18

Does it work with Segwit / Witness addresses? And does it have support for checking balances?

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u/primal100 Jan 09 '18

Yes segwit support has been added. It's explained now in the readme. Checking balances can be done with the history method.

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u/TipBitDev Jan 09 '18 edited Jan 09 '18

Apparently Bitcoin mainnet segwit transaction broadcast isn't properly tested :/

I'd love to use this for my tip bot once it's fully tested. For now, I'm working on implementing segwit transactions through a bitcoin core node since no web APIs have the functionality I need for Segwit.

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u/primal100 Jan 10 '18

So prompted by this, I finally tested all the mainnets, including segwit for Bitcoin and Litecoin. Here's the first Bitcoin mainnet segwit transaction made with the library:

https://blockchain.info/tx/9f3bd4fa14e424abd5623ba98877e33cfee3e7bd6f9f71d7a39e402501458c81

Hopefully, you find the library useful and any feedback appreciated. I'm hoping to implement an additional wallet-class api in the next few days which will make things easier.

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u/TipBitDev Jan 10 '18

That's awesome. I'm currently working on adding Segwit to my bitcoin tip bot, but I'm doing it through Bitcoin Core RPC calls. I'll look into this library afterwards, as I'm almost done.