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Why ebellocchia/bip_utils is active?

The result is based on ratio of number of commits and code additions from initial and final time ranges.

Initial time range – from 5 Jul, 2023 to 5 Oct, 2023

Final time range – from 5 Apr, 2024 to 5 Jul, 2024

From 0 to 2 commits per week

Infinity%

From 22 to 121 additions per week

450%

From 1 to 28 deletions per week

2700%

Data calculated on 5 Jul, 2024

Summary of ebellocchia/bip_utils

The ebellocchia/bip_utils GitHub repository is a Python library for BIP (Bitcoin Improvement Proposals) and coins. The 'bip_utils' stands for 'Bitcoin Improvement Proposals Utilities'.

The library aims to provide a simple, convenient and comprehensive interface for generating, converting, and managing cryptocurrency addresses and related elements, while being fully compliant with the BIP standards. It operates with multiple types of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and more.

Several BIPs are supported in this library:

BIP32: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets - to create a hierarchical, deterministic tree of keys using a tree structure.
BIP39: Mnemonic code for generating deterministic keys - to create mnemonic sentences for generating keys.
BIP44: Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets - to derive multiple keys from a single seed.
BIP49: Derivation scheme for P2WPKH-nested-in-P2SH based accounts - to derive P2WPKH-nested-in-P2SH addresses from a single seed.
BIP84: Derivation scheme for P2WPKH based accounts - to derive P2WPKH addresses from a single seed.

This library is written in Python and requires Python 3.6 and up. It also provides comprehensive documentation, including extensive test cases and examples to help users get started.

Before using any library in a production environment, be sure to understand its limitations and security implications.