========== cryptocoin

Cryptocurrencies for Humans.

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Cryptocoin is an attempt to create a stable, easy-to-use package that optimizes for developer happiness. In the same way that Requests_ makes working with HTTP much less painful, Cryptocoin is intended to ease working with cryptocurrencies.

.. _Requests: https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests

Project Goals

• Cross-version compatibility: Currently Python 2.7, 3.3, and PyPy
• Test Coverage: 100%!
• Support for multiple currencies

Quickstart

To generate a Bitcoin address from a passphrase::

> from cryptocoin import BitcoinKey

> my_key = BitcoinKey(passphrase="correct horse battery staple")

> my_key.address
1JwSSubhmg6iPtRjtyqhUYYH7bZg3Lfy1T