RubyCoin

RubyCoin aims to be the one library that rules them all crypto-currencies. Currently, only the following crypto-currencies are supported:

Bitcoin
Peercoin
Litecoin
Dogecoin
Namecoin
Feathercoin
Primecoin
Megacoin
Worldcoin
Quarkcoin

However, adding support for other crypto-currencies is fairly simple and contributions and pull-requests are always welcome.

Installation

Installing the gem is trivial. It has extremely few dependencies besides OpenSSL.

    $ gem install rubycoin

Or, if you are using bundler in your project, add the following line to your Gemfile and you're ready to roll.

    gem 'rubycoin'

Using RubyCoin

Using RubyCoin for generating addresses and private keys is extremely simple. Say if you'd want to generate a Bitcoin address, all you need to do is make a new Bitcoin address object like so:

require 'rubycoin'

btc = RubyCoin::Bitcoin::Address.new
btc.address       # 1HGvB7sN6XBhz7Sd2TSz4Yt1vCqWvZZbTD
btc.private_key   # KzJCkE79nZ7Ha8W4NtyjdJNFpjghuFwq5AxjKkPWCauY3NNKvjny

By default, compressed keys and addresses will be generated as they are the preferred standard. However, should you need uncompressed keys and addresses, all you need is to call new the following way:

    RubyCoin::Bitcoin::Address.new(format: :uncompressed)

Contributing

It is likely that RubyCoin will support deterministic and hierarchial wallets in the future once the security implications are completely understood.

Currently, the primary goal is to be able to generate addresses for as many as crypto-currencies as possible. The main candidates are:

~~Litecoin~~
~~Peercoin~~
~~Dogecoin~~
Mastercoin
~~Namecoin~~
~~Quark~~
~~Feathercoin~~
~~Primecoin~~
~~Megacoin~~
Infinitecoin
Novacoin
~~Worldcoin~~
Darkcoin
Vertcoin
Maxcoin

Once the address generation mechanism and API is fairly stable for these currencies, signing messages and interacting will respective block-chains over the network may be considered.

Also, complete test coverage will be neat. It is currently absent. However, you can check generated addresses and keys manually by using the tools like Brainwallet.

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