How do you output segwit bech32 (bc1...) / P2SH (3...) addresses from a bitcoin private key?

Load up electrum 3.1.1+ and enable the "console" and in the console do the following to output the addresses you need by providing your private key:

bech32 format bc1...:

bitcoin.address_from_private_key("p2wpkh:5Kkzs8XrJNAmf9......")

p2sh format 3...:

bitcoin.address_from_private_key("p2wpkh-p2sh:5Kkzs8XrJNAmf9VQDFeG......")

you just need to prefix your private key with p2wpkh or p2wpkh-p2sh to get one of them.

Patoshi パトシ

Posted 2018-03-28T14:21:38.320

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Keep in mind that this function requires the WIF encoding of the private key as an input. – Mike D – 2018-03-28T15:58:43.563

how do you get the WIF encoding? – Patoshi パトシ – 2018-03-28T16:27:38.787

I dont know about electrum but I have made a python library that can do what you want. PrivateKey.from_hex('yourkeyhere').to_public().to_address('P2WPKH')

– Mike D – 2018-03-28T16:39:59.123

– pebwindkraft – 2018-03-29T16:15:55.110

How do you output segwit bech32 (bc1...) / P2SH (3...) addresses from a bitcoin private key?

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