crypto

func GenerateKeyAndAddress ¶

func GenerateKeyAndAddress() (privKeyHex string, address string, err error)

GenerateKeyAndAddress generates a new private key and corresponding Bitcoin address using secp256k1 elliptic curve cryptography. The private key is encoded in hex and the address is in bech32 format.

func PublicKeyToAddress ¶

func PublicKeyToAddress(publicKey ecdsa.PublicKey) (string, error)

publicKeyToAddress calculates the Bitcoin address corresponding to an ECDSA public key. The resulting address will be a bech32-encoded string in the 'bc' prefix.

The public key is first SHA256-hashed, and then the resulting hash is RIPEMD160-hashed. The resulting hash is then run through the bech32 conversion algorithm to produce the final Bitcoin address.

Refer to BIP13 for more information on the bech32 encoding format.