mmgen-wallet/examples/whitepaper.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# MMGen Wallet, a terminal-based cryptocurrency wallet
# Copyright (C)2013-2026 The MMGen Project <mmgen@tuta.io>
# Licensed under the GNU General Public License, Version 3:
# https://www.gnu.org/licenses
# Public project repositories:
# https://github.com/mmgen/mmgen-wallet
# https://gitlab.com/mmgen/mmgen-wallet
"""
examples/whitepaper.py: extract the Bitcoin whitepaper from the blockchain
"""
import asyncio
from mmgen.cfg import Config
from mmgen.rpc import rpc_init
txid = '54e48e5f5c656b26c3bca14a8c95aa583d07ebe84dde3b7dd4a78f4e4186e713'
fn = 'bitcoin.pdf'
async def main():
cfg = Config(process_opts=True)
assert cfg.coin == 'BTC' and cfg.network == 'mainnet', 'This script works only on BTC mainnet!'
c = await rpc_init(cfg, ignore_wallet=True)
tx = await c.call('getrawtransaction', txid, True)
chunks = [''.join(d['scriptPubKey']['asm'].split()[1:4]) for d in tx['vout']]
with open(fn, 'wb') as f:
f.write(bytes.fromhex(''.join(chunks)[16:368600]))
print(f'Wrote {fn}')
asyncio.run(main())