Bech32 for Onion address V3

[andrew1carlssin]

Hi,

I have used a vanity generator called mkp224o - This tool generates vanity ed25519 (hidden service version 3) onion addresses.
For context, see https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/plain/rend-spec-v3.txt

https://github.com/cathugger/mkp224o

Then I used nullius tool to convert it to bech32 address ( bech32 -e )...

the output was something like lets say ...

onion1xdnsv70edyuqrj666hlhtry2t93eq8lt565zqw2yug6sat9a5aj40mgrrtdfaz

My question is.. it a valid bitcoin address ? 

[starmyc]

No, they are not valid bitcoin address.

Valid bech32 bitcoin addresses are prefixed by bc (tb for testnet), and contains a witness program (which I'm sure the Tor rendezvous is not compatible with at all).

[buwaytress]

My simple answer: no. As far as I understand, the tool from nullius is for encoding/decoding - NOT for generating... so your output looks valid. It should be a bech32 encoded address (which if decoded should return to you the original address  - but that is not a valid bitcoin public address.

[andrew1carlssin]

No, they are not valid bitcoin address.

Valid bech32 bitcoin addresses are prefixed by bc (tb for testnet), and contains a witness program (which I'm sure the Tor rendezvous is not compatible with at all).

Thanks, I did suspect that