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− | + | This page briefly describes, how to generate a Bitmessage Address from a public key. | |
+ | The variable after the list is used to refer to the step later | ||
− | + | # The public part of the signing key and the encryption key are merged together. (A) | |
+ | # Take the SHA512 hash of A. (B) | ||
+ | # Take the RIPEMD160 of B. (C) | ||
+ | # Repeat step 3 until you have a result that starts with a zero (Or two zeros, if you want a short address). (D) | ||
+ | # Remove the zeros at the beginning of D. (E) | ||
+ | # Put the stream number (in big endian) in front of E. (F) | ||
+ | # Put the address version (in big endian) in front of F. (G) | ||
+ | # Take a double SHA512 (hash of a hash) of G and use the first four bytes as a checksum, that you append to the end. (H) | ||
+ | # base58 encode H. (J) | ||
+ | # Put "BM-" in front J. (K) | ||
− | + | K is your full address | |
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Revision as of 12:20, 21 August 2013
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This page briefly describes, how to generate a Bitmessage Address from a public key. The variable after the list is used to refer to the step later
- The public part of the signing key and the encryption key are merged together. (A)
- Take the SHA512 hash of A. (B)
- Take the RIPEMD160 of B. (C)
- Repeat step 3 until you have a result that starts with a zero (Or two zeros, if you want a short address). (D)
- Remove the zeros at the beginning of D. (E)
- Put the stream number (in big endian) in front of E. (F)
- Put the address version (in big endian) in front of F. (G)
- Take a double SHA512 (hash of a hash) of G and use the first four bytes as a checksum, that you append to the end. (H)
- base58 encode H. (J)
- Put "BM-" in front J. (K)
K is your full address