bx address encode

Convert a RIPEMD160 value to a payment address.

$ bx address-encode --help

Usage: bx address-encode [-h] [--config VALUE] [--version VALUE]         
[RIPEMD160]                                                              

Info: Convert a RIPEMD160 value to a payment address.                    

Options (named):

-c [--config]        The path to the configuration settings file.        
-h [--help]          Get a description and instructions for this command.
-v [--version]       The desired payment address version.                

Arguments (positional):

RIPEMD160            The Base16 hash to convert. If not specified the    
                     value is read from STDIN. 

See the list of Bitcoin address prefixes for a detailed description of version.

See also address-decode.

Example 1

$ bx address-encode b472a266d0bd89c13706a4132ccfb16f7c3b9fcb

1HT7xU2Ngenf7D4yocz2SAcnNLW7rK8d4E

Example 2

--version 111 (testnet)

$ bx address-encode -v 111 b472a266d0bd89c13706a4132ccfb16f7c3b9fcb

mwy5FX7MVgDutKYbXBxQG5q7EL6pmhHT58

Example 3

piped commands

$ echo [user entropy] | bx ec-new | bx ec-to-public | bx bitcoin160 | bx address-encode

3ef002f66a2be8301106e39861433e9740f7e058a738738b
6162020b12fdefd90ec772f0da856aa10a34d5e19c4fe1fcedd2eedaf9fcf6fc
03527e99e7e665c95c4354c74ecb59c0e0b6d97568b546eed170789648d13c3dea
1a928dd68a297e6eff178b17c8faa8afc78b7a4a
13RW8k2YdMXP7M4Xc4mcZvGgBEksRmkWQW

Example 4

2 of 4 multisig, --version 196 (testnet pay-to-script-hash)

$ bx script-to-address -v 196 "2 [020ae29f86f404e4b302cfa17ff15d93149af6a54c80a4172d47e41f55f6a78d73] [03664d528eb80096671ef9011c533ceb5df133238e3690d88f2960c786398b86b1] [029a449ea4a2155ea10002d704604bb3e8606631d35af20889a74b82b2dab572f6] [0321602d78046d63256b1730b119b1aca3428039f18fdb73ccf45ad3e148dd9b17] 4 checkmultisig"

2N8uwbECKZJLmfYRErQazYBAWfd8PJ66rAN