richardkiss/pycoin
Python-based Bitcoin and alt-coin utility library. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
72/100
- Activity 88
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4818
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 76
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1439 stars · 490 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Python library providing utilities for Bitcoin and Bitcoin-like altcoins, including key creation/parsing, BIP32 hierarchical deterministic wallets, and transaction building, signing, and validation. It supports many networks via a network registry, with Bitcoin having the deepest feature coverage including multisig partial signing.
Use cases
- generate bitcoin private keys and addresses in python
- parse and create BIP32 hierarchical deterministic wallet keys
- sign and validate bitcoin transactions programmatically
- work with altcoin addresses and transactions
- partially sign multisig bitcoin transactions
- convert keys between WIF, SEC, and address formats
When to choose
- you need offline, pure-Python bitcoin key and transaction manipulation without running a node
- you need BIP32 wallet key derivation and parsing
- you need to support multiple bitcoin-like altcoin networks from one library
When to avoid
- you need to speak the bitcoin peer-to-peer network protocol (use pycoinnet instead)
- you need a full wallet application or blockchain explorer features
- you need smart-contract or non-bitcoin-like blockchain support
Facets
library · maturity active
cryptography serialization sdk blockchain developer-tools python cross-platform bitcoin altcoins bip32 segwit transaction-signing hd-wallets key-management cryptocurrency
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/richardkiss/pycoin · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1c6057beae57
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pycoin/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 12ebdc551567
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| richardkiss/pycoin | main | 72 |
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