Bitcoin – Bitcoinjs and Private Keys

September 13, 2018

Author: Michael Gord

Tutorial - MLG Blockchain

Bitcoinjs and Private Keys

You must have node and npm downloaded on your computer. After this tutorial you should have both a public bitcoin address and private key saved as variables.

npm install bitcoinjs-lib

Download bitcoinjs library from your node terminal.

var bitcoin = require("bitcoinjs-lib")

Require bitcoinjs-lib.

var keyPair = bitcoin.ECPair.makeRandom();

Make variable for keyPair.

console.log(keyPair.getAddress());

Test address by logging address to console. A valid bitcoin address should be returned.

var address = keyPair.getAddress();

Save bitcoin address result to a variable.

console.log(keyPair.toWif());

Test private key by logging to console. A valid bitcoin private key should be returned.

var pkey = keyPair.toWIF();

Save bitcoin private key result to a variable.

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