github just allows you to use git on windows. Yeah managed to get it working in the end using maven to get the dependencies (i think). Turns out my pubkey is base64 instead not sure how to get it to base58 with the existing code but simple enough to write the code for it myself. But yeh the codes pretty damn slow for address generation takes around 24 seconds to generate a 1000 keypairs whereas i can read about 16000 into java through vanitygen in the same time. Might have to try and create some code which is as simple/minimal as possible for base58 key generation.

lol true but for the functions i need its overkill, well i downloaded it via github and its still got issues, if you take those three classes surely you'll need NetworkParamaters class to use the Address class and then this references some other class over and over plus those 3 classes reference about 50 other classes which again in turn refernce   another 50 etc etc

bitcoinj-minimal is just a stripped down version of bitcoinj, yeh i've got the full bitcoinj library it seems to rely on loads of other random packages, and its so bloated for just the simple functions i need

Hi

I'm trying to generate valid bitcoin Base58 public and private key addresses in java. I've download bitcoinj and bitcoinj-minimal, i've managed to generate base58 public keys from bitcoinj-minimal and some form of the private key but not base58 and can't see how this can be done with pre-existing functionality. Bitcoinj i believe has this functionality but haven't managed to get it to work because of the endless dependencies. Is there any java code out there which is simple/minimal and just is used for Base58 Keypair Generation or could some one point me in the right direction.

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rage39a

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I'm considering setting up a website with an escrow service and wallet integration e.g. a user can transfer btc to an address at the website, they can then either enter an escrow payment with a buyer, transfer funds directly to another user or an address (basically like silk road). Was wondering if theres some open source projects (I've noticed bitscrow (http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitscrow/)) or any code or private projects i can build off of and if so which are the best. Seems like it would be a mission to build it all from scratch.

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Rage39a

ye i think so as the national currencies crash in the future when the debt continues to escalate and people lose faith in the national currencies, bitcoins will continue to become stronger in comparison to the weakening national currencies and the deflationery nature of bitcoins will also cause its relative value to increase.