github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil
Package btcutil provides bitcoin-specific convenience functions and types. A Block defines a bitcoin block that provides easier and more efficient manipulation of raw wire protocol blocks. It also memoizes hashes for the block and its transactions on their first access so subsequent accesses don't have to repeat the relatively expensive hashing operations. A Tx defines a bitcoin transaction that provides more efficient manipulation of raw wire protocol transactions. It memoizes the hash for the transaction on its first access so subsequent accesses don't have to repeat the relatively expensive hashing operations. The Address interface provides an abstraction for a Bitcoin address. While the most common type is a pay-to-pubkey-hash, Bitcoin already supports others and may well support more in the future. This package currently provides implementations for the pay-to-pubkey, pay-to-pubkey-hash, and pay-to-script-hash address types. To decode/encode an address:
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Package btcutil provides bitcoin-specific convenience functions and types.
A comprehensive suite of tests is provided to ensure proper functionality. See
test_coverage.txt for the gocov coverage report. Alternatively, if you are
running a POSIX OS, you can run the cov_report.sh script for a real-time
report.
This package was developed for btcd, an alternative full-node implementation of bitcoin which is under active development by Conformal. Although it was primarily written for btcd, this package has intentionally been designed so it can be used as a standalone package for any projects needing the functionality provided.
$ go get -u github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil
All official release tags are signed by Conformal so users can ensure the code has not been tampered with and is coming from the btcsuite developers. To verify the signature perform the following:
Download the public key from the Conformal website at https://opensource.conformal.com/GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt
Import the public key into your GPG keyring:
gpg --import GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt
Verify the release tag with the following command where TAG_NAME is a
placeholder for the specific tag:
git tag -v TAG_NAME
Package btcutil is licensed under the copyfree ISC License.
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Package btcutil provides bitcoin-specific convenience functions and types. A Block defines a bitcoin block that provides easier and more efficient manipulation of raw wire protocol blocks. It also memoizes hashes for the block and its transactions on their first access so subsequent accesses don't have to repeat the relatively expensive hashing operations. A Tx defines a bitcoin transaction that provides more efficient manipulation of raw wire protocol transactions. It memoizes the hash for the transaction on its first access so subsequent accesses don't have to repeat the relatively expensive hashing operations. The Address interface provides an abstraction for a Bitcoin address. While the most common type is a pay-to-pubkey-hash, Bitcoin already supports others and may well support more in the future. This package currently provides implementations for the pay-to-pubkey, pay-to-pubkey-hash, and pay-to-script-hash address types. To decode/encode an address:
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