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bitcoinlib-py
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Malware was recently detected in this package.
Affected versions:
bitcoinlib-py
Bitcoin library for Python — wallets, transactions, keys
Install
pip install bitcoinlib-py
Quick Start
import bitcoinlib_py
wallet = bitcoinlib_py.create_wallet()
License
MIT
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# bitcoinlib-py
The pypi package bitcoinlib-py receives a total of 8 weekly downloads. As such, bitcoinlib-py popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that bitcoinlib-py demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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