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bitcoin_address_validation.py
from hashlib import sha256
digits58 = '123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz'
def decode_base58(bc, length):
n = 0
for char in bc:
n = n * 58 + digits58.index(char)
return n.to_bytes(length, 'big')
def check_bc(bc):
try:
bcbytes = decode_base58(bc, 25)
return bcbytes[-4:] == sha256(sha256(bcbytes[:-4]).digest()).digest()[:4]
except Exception:
return False
print(check_bc('1AGNa15ZQXAZUgFiqJ3i7Z2DPU2J6hW62i'))
print(check_bc("17NdbrSGoUotzeGCcMMCqnFkEvLymoou9j"))
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