// generateAddr computes the associated bitcon address from the provided
// public key. We compute ripemd160(sha256(b)) of the pubkey and then
// shimmy the hashed bytes into btcsuite's AddressPubKeyHash type
func generateAddr(pub *btcec.PublicKey) *btcutil.AddressPubKeyHash {
net := &btcnet.MainNetParams
// Serialize the public key into bytes and then run ripemd160(sha256(b)) on it
b := btcutil.Hash160(pub.SerializeCompressed())
// Convert the hashed public key into the btcsuite type so that the library
// will handle the base58 encoding when we call addr.String()
addr, err := btcutil.NewAddressPubKeyHash(b, net)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
return addr
}
// generateKeyPair generates and stores an ECDSA keypair to a file.
func generateKeyPair(filename string) error {
// Generate keypairs.
aKeypair, err := ecdsa.GenerateKey(btcec.S256(), crand.Reader)
if err != nil {
return err
}
pubkeyBtcec := btcec.PublicKey{aKeypair.PublicKey.Curve,
aKeypair.PublicKey.X,
aKeypair.PublicKey.Y}
keypairBtcec := btcec.PrivateKey{aKeypair.PublicKey, aKeypair.D}
// Create a map to json marshal
keypairMap := make(map[string]string)
keypairMap["pubkey"] = hex.EncodeToString(pubkeyBtcec.SerializeCompressed())
keypairMap["privkey"] = hex.EncodeToString(keypairBtcec.Serialize())
// Store the address in case anyone wants to use it for BTC
pkh, err := btcutil.NewAddressPubKey(pubkeyBtcec.SerializeCompressed(),
&btcnet.MainNetParams)
if err != nil {
return err
}
keypairMap["address"] = pkh.EncodeAddress()
b, err := json.Marshal(keypairMap)
if err != nil {
return err
}
err = ioutil.WriteFile(filename, b, 0644)
if err != nil {
return err
}
return nil
}
