bx address encode

Convert a RIPEMD160 value to a Bitcoin address.

$ bx address-encode --help

Usage: bx address-encode [-h] [--config VALUE] [--version VALUE]
[RIPEMD160]

Info: Convert a RIPEMD160 value to a Bitcoin address.

Options (named):

-c [--config]        The path to the configuration settings file.
-h [--help]          Get a description and instructions for this command.
-v [--version]       The desired Bitcoin address version.

Arguments (positional):

RIPEMD160            The Base16 hash to convert. If not specified the
                     value is read from STDIN.

See the list of Bitcoin address prefixes for a detailed description of version.

Example 1

$ bx address-encode b472a266d0bd89c13706a4132ccfb16f7c3b9fcb

1HT7xU2Ngenf7D4yocz2SAcnNLW7rK8d4E

Example 2

--version 42

$ bx address-encode -v 42 b472a266d0bd89c13706a4132ccfb16f7c3b9fcb

JBeTK2YUWEFTTQvcqEyQoS3poXKjjc1oEP

Example 3

public key hash payment address composition

$ bx ec-new 9bb08de6bcc361df764c1edd9cc93059 | bx ec-to-public | bx bitcoin160 | bx address-encode

57b3a15beaf761a0dde5ee5da8634a80fa6508169feb26f62ca75573d7ae7ef6
031c9e4b5e45e636eac2b0bfff36530d6a048049dac66e88d3797371fadacb5040
0423c50b6c4d2caa9fb3822eb0bc8e1f116ab43b
1NtZ6Dsj6vumHnAmA87aqLy6JhrsbpPKP

Example 4

piped commands

$ bx ec-new 9bb08de6bcc361df764c1edd9cc93059 | bx ec-to-public | bx bitcoin160 | bx address-encode

57b3a15beaf761a0dde5ee5da8634a80fa6508169feb26f62ca75573d7ae7ef6
031c9e4b5e45e636eac2b0bfff36530d6a048049dac66e88d3797371fadacb5040
0423c50b6c4d2caa9fb3822eb0bc8e1f116ab43b
1NtZ6Dsj6vumHnAmA87aqLy6JhrsbpPKP

The same address results from the more general base58check-encode command in place of address-encode.

$ bx ec-new 9bb08de6bcc361df764c1edd9cc93059 | bx ec-to-public | bx bitcoin160 | bx base58check-encode

57b3a15beaf761a0dde5ee5da8634a80fa6508169feb26f62ca75573d7ae7ef6
031c9e4b5e45e636eac2b0bfff36530d6a048049dac66e88d3797371fadacb5040
0423c50b6c4d2caa9fb3822eb0bc8e1f116ab43b
1NtZ6Dsj6vumHnAmA87aqLy6JhrsbpPKP

The same address results from the combination of the more general wrap-encode and base58-encode commands in place of base58check-encode.

$ bx ec-new 9bb08de6bcc361df764c1edd9cc93059 | bx ec-to-public | bx bitcoin160 | bx wrap-encode | bx base58-encode

57b3a15beaf761a0dde5ee5da8634a80fa6508169feb26f62ca75573d7ae7ef6
031c9e4b5e45e636eac2b0bfff36530d6a048049dac66e88d3797371fadacb5040
0423c50b6c4d2caa9fb3822eb0bc8e1f116ab43b
000423c50b6c4d2caa9fb3822eb0bc8e1f116ab43b5728093a
1NtZ6Dsj6vumHnAmA87aqLy6JhrsbpPKP

The same address results from the combination of the more general sha256 and ripemd160 commands in place of bitcoin160.

$ bx ec-new 9bb08de6bcc361df764c1edd9cc93059 | bx ec-to-public | bx sha256 | bx ripemd160 | bx wrap-encode | bx base58-encode

57b3a15beaf761a0dde5ee5da8634a80fa6508169feb26f62ca75573d7ae7ef6
031c9e4b5e45e636eac2b0bfff36530d6a048049dac66e88d3797371fadacb5040
bbd353249bf2360955621268b7db701454a20e7b5b2f42536c10a97712ad4895
0423c50b6c4d2caa9fb3822eb0bc8e1f116ab43b
000423c50b6c4d2caa9fb3822eb0bc8e1f116ab43b5728093a
1NtZ6Dsj6vumHnAmA87aqLy6JhrsbpPKP