base58

Base58 and Base58Check implementation compatible with what is used by the groestlcoin network.

Starting from version 2.0.0 python2 is no longer supported the 1.x series will remain supported but no new features will be added.

Command line usage

$ printf "hello world" | base58grs
StV1DL6CwTryKyV

$ printf "hello world" | base58grs -c
3vQB7B6MrGQZaxCpm9RU5

$ printf "3vQB7B6MrGQZaxCpm9RU5" | base58grs -dc
hello world

$ printf "4vQB7B6MrGQZaxCpm9RU5" | base58grs -dc
Invalid checksum

Module usage

>>> import base58grs
>>> base58grs.b58encode(b'hello world')
b'StV1DL6CwTryKyV'
>>> base58grs.b58decode(b'StV1DL6CwTryKyV')
b'hello world'
>>> base58grs.b58encode_check(b'hello world')
b'3vQB7B6MrGQZaxCpm9RU5'
>>> base58grs.b58decode_check(b'3vQB7B6MrGQZaxCpm9RU5')
b'hello world'
>>> base58grs.b58decode_check(b'4vQB7B6MrGQZaxCpm9RU5')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "base58.py", line 89, in b58decode_check
    raise ValueError("Invalid checksum")
ValueError: Invalid checksum