Python SDK for BTC

Python BTC is an experimental project that aims to provide human-friendly interfaces for common BTC operations. Note that Python BTC is not a complete SDK, but only implements the BTC functions that I am interested in.

Features:

• No third-party dependencies. All code is visible.
• Incredibly simple.

Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/mohanson/pybtc
$ cd pybtc
$ python -m pip install --editable . --config-settings editable_mode=strict

Usage

example/addr.py

Calculate the address from a private key.

$ python example/addr.py --net mainnet --prikey 1

# p2pkh       1BgGZ9tcN4rm9KBzDn7KprQz87SZ26SAMH
# p2sh-p2wpkh 3JvL6Ymt8MVWiCNHC7oWU6nLeHNJKLZGLN
# p2wpkh      bc1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kv8f3t4
# p2tr        bc1pmfr3p9j00pfxjh0zmgp99y8zftmd3s5pmedqhyptwy6lm87hf5sspknck9

example/taproot.py

This example demonstrates how to create a P2TR script with two script spending paths: p2pk and p2ms(2-of-2 multisig).

$ python example/taproot.py

example/transfer.py

Transfer Bitcoin to another account. Pybtc supports four common types of Bitcoin transactions: P2PKH, P2SH-P2WPKH, P2WPKH, and P2TR. For more complex account types, such as P2SH-P2MS, please refer to test/test_wallet.py.

$ python example/transfer.py --net develop --prikey 1 --script-type p2pkh --to mg8Jz5776UdyiYcBb9Z873NTozEiADRW5H --value 0.1

# 0x039d1b0fe969d33341a7db9ddd236f632d6851292200603abc5a6c7738bf3079

Before using this script, you first need to execute the code in the Test section. This is because pybtc requires the bitcoin core wallet to provide an account's utxo set.

Test

The testing of this project relies on regtest. You can set up the regtest node using the following steps:

$ wget https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-27.0/bitcoin-27.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
$ tar -zxvf bitcoin-27.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
$ cp -R bitcoin-27.0 ~/app/bitcoin # Install to the target location.

$ mkdir ~/.bitcoin
$ echo "chain=regtest" >> ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
$ echo "rpcpassword=pass" >> ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
$ echo "rpcuser=user" >> ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
$ echo "txindex=1" >> ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf

$ bitcoind
# Create default wallets
$ python example/regtest.py
$ pytest -v

License

MIT