bit 0.8.0
Bitcoin made easy.
License: MIT
Keywords: bitcoin,cryptocurrency,payments,tools,wallet

Bit: Bitcoin made easy.
=======================

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Bit is Python's `fastest <https://ofek.github.io/bit/guide/intro.html#why-bit>`_
Bitcoin library and was designed from the beginning to feel intuitive, be
effortless to use, and have readable source code. It is heavily inspired by
`Requests <https://github.com/requests/requests>`_ and
`Keras <https://github.com/keras-team/keras>`_.

**Bit is so easy to use, in fact, you can do this:**

.. code-block:: python

    >>> from bit import Key
    >>>
    >>> my_key = Key(...)
    >>> my_key.get_balance('usd')
    '12.51'
    >>>
    >>> # Let's donate!
    >>> outputs = [
    >>>     # Wikileaks
    >>>     ('1HB5XMLmzFVj8ALj6mfBsbifRoD4miY36v', 0.0035, 'btc'),
    >>>     # Internet Archive
    >>>     ('1Archive1n2C579dMsAu3iC6tWzuQJz8dN', 190, 'jpy'),
    >>>     # The Pirate Bay
    >>>     ('129TQVAroeehD9fZpzK51NdZGQT4TqifbG', 3, 'eur'),
    >>>     # xkcd
    >>>     ('14Tr4HaKkKuC1Lmpr2YMAuYVZRWqAdRTcr', 2.5, 'cad')
    >>> ]
    >>>
    >>> my_key.send(outputs)
    '9f59f5c6757ec46fdc7440acbeb3920e614c8d1d247ac174eb6781b832710c1c'

Here is the transaction `<https://blockchain.info/tx/9f59f5c6757ec46fdc7440acbeb3920e614c8d1d247ac174eb6781b832710c1c>`_.

Features
--------

- Python's fastest available implementation (100x faster than closest library)
- Seamless integration with existing server setups
- Supports keys in cold storage
- Fully supports 25 different currencies
- First class support for storing data in the blockchain
- Deterministic signatures via RFC 6979
- Access to the blockchain (and testnet chain) through multiple APIs for redundancy
- Exchange rate API, with optional caching
- Optimal transaction fee API, with optional caching
- Compressed public keys by default
- Multiple representations of private keys; WIF, PEM, DER, etc.
- Legacy P2PKH and Segwit nested-P2WPKH transactions
- Legacy P2SH and Segwit nested-P2WSH transactions

If you are intrigued, continue reading. If not, continue all the same!

Installation
------------

Bit is distributed on `PyPI`_ as a universal wheel and is available on Linux/macOS
and Windows and supports Python 3.5+ and PyPy3.5-v5.7.1+. ``pip`` >= 8.1.2 is required.

.. code-block:: bash

    $ pip install bit

Documentation
-------------

Docs are `hosted by Github Pages`_ and are automatically built and published
by Travis after every successful commit to Bit's ``master`` branch.

Credits
-------

- Logo courtesy of `<https://textcraft.net>`_
- `Gregory Maxwell`_ (Bitcoin core dev) for teaching me a bit of `ECC`_ math
- `arubi`_ in #bitcoin for helping me understand transaction gotchas
- `fuzeman`_ for bestowing me the name ``bit`` on the `Python Package Index`_

.. _PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/bit
.. _hosted by Github Pages: https://ofek.github.io/bit
.. _Gregory Maxwell: https://github.com/gmaxwell
.. _ECC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_curve_cryptography
.. _arubi: https://github.com/fivepiece
.. _fuzeman: https://github.com/fuzeman
.. _Python Package Index: https://pypi.org