vbuterin/pybitcointools
SImple, common-sense Bitcoin-themed Python ECC library observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4772
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 791
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1332 stars · 880 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A simple, common-sense Python library for Bitcoin-themed elliptic curve cryptography (secp256k1), including key handling, signing, and transaction tools. The original author has explicitly stopped maintaining it and points users to an externally maintained fork.
Use cases
- generate and manage bitcoin private and public keys in python
- sign and verify bitcoin transactions with secp256k1
- do elliptic curve math for bitcoin in a lightweight library
- create and serialize raw bitcoin transactions
- learn how bitcoin cryptography works by reading simple python code
When to choose
- you need a minimal, readable python ECC/bitcoin library for learning or experimentation
- you are pinning an old dependency and only need basic secp256k1 operations
When to avoid
- you need a maintained, security-audited library for production bitcoin handling
- you want ongoing bug fixes or support - the author has abandoned this project
- you need modern bitcoin features like segwit or taproot support
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
cryptography security serialization security developer-tools python cross-platform bitcoin ecc elliptic-curve secp256k1 transactions unmaintained cryptocurrency
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/vbuterin/pybitcointools · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3409ab19a52a
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pybitcointools/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · e38175a3434c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| vbuterin/pybitcointools | main | 32 |
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