spend-p2pkh-txout.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Copyright (C) 2014 The python-bitcoinlib developers
#
# This file is part of python-bitcoinlib.
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"""Low-level example of how to spend a standard pay-to-pubkey-hash (P2PKH) txout"""

import hashlib

from bitcoin import SelectParams
from bitcoin.core import b2x, lx, COIN, COutPoint, CMutableTxOut, CMutableTxIn, CMutableTransaction, Hash160
from bitcoin.core.script import CScript, OP_DUP, OP_HASH160, OP_EQUALVERIFY, OP_CHECKSIG, SignatureHash, SIGHASH_ALL
from bitcoin.core.scripteval import VerifyScript, SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH
from bitcoin.wallet import CBitcoinAddress, CBitcoinSecret

SelectParams('mainnet')

# Create the (in)famous correct brainwallet secret key.
h = hashlib.sha256(b'correct horse battery staple').digest()
seckey = CBitcoinSecret.from_secret_bytes(h)

# Same as the txid:vout the createrawtransaction RPC call requires
#
# lx() takes *little-endian* hex and converts it to bytes; in Bitcoin
# transaction hashes are shown little-endian rather than the usual big-endian.
# There's also a corresponding x() convenience function that takes big-endian
# hex and converts it to bytes.
txid = lx('7e195aa3de827814f172c362fcf838d92ba10e3f9fdd9c3ecaf79522b311b22d')
vout = 0

# Create the txin structure, which includes the outpoint. The scriptSig
# defaults to being empty.
txin = CMutableTxIn(COutPoint(txid, vout))

# We also need the scriptPubKey of the output we're spending because
# SignatureHash() replaces the transaction scriptSig's with it.
#
# Here we'll create that scriptPubKey from scratch using the pubkey that
# corresponds to the secret key we generated above.
txin_scriptPubKey = CScript([OP_DUP, OP_HASH160, Hash160(seckey.pub), OP_EQUALVERIFY, OP_CHECKSIG])

# Create the txout. This time we create the scriptPubKey from a Bitcoin
# address.
txout = CMutableTxOut(0.001*COIN, CBitcoinAddress('1C7zdTfnkzmr13HfA2vNm5SJYRK6nEKyq8').to_scriptPubKey())

# Create the unsigned transaction.
tx = CMutableTransaction([txin], [txout])

# Calculate the signature hash for that transaction.
sighash = SignatureHash(txin_scriptPubKey, tx, 0, SIGHASH_ALL)

# Now sign it. We have to append the type of signature we want to the end, in
# this case the usual SIGHASH_ALL.
sig = seckey.sign(sighash) + bytes([SIGHASH_ALL])

# Set the scriptSig of our transaction input appropriately.
txin.scriptSig = CScript([sig, seckey.pub])

# Verify the signature worked. This calls EvalScript() and actually executes
# the opcodes in the scripts to see if everything worked out. If it doesn't an
# exception will be raised.
VerifyScript(txin.scriptSig, txin_scriptPubKey, tx, 0, (SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH,))

# Done! Print the transaction to standard output with the bytes-to-hex
# function.
print(b2x(tx.serialize()))