module Base58 class << self def int_to_base58(int_val, leading_zero_bytes=0) alpha = "123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz" base58_val, base = '', alpha.size while int_val > 0 int_val, remainder = int_val.divmod(base) base58_val = alpha[remainder] + base58_val end base58_val end def base58_to_int(base58_val) alpha = "123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz" int_val, base = 0, alpha.size base58_val.reverse.each_char.with_index do |char,index| raise ArgumentError, 'Value not a valid Base58 String.' unless char_index = alpha.index(char) int_val += char_index*(base**index) end int_val end def base58_to_bytestring(base58_val) [Base58.decode_base58(base58_val)].pack('H*') end def encode_base58(hex) leading_zero_bytes = (hex.match(/^([0]+)/) ? $1 : '').size / 2 ("1"*leading_zero_bytes) + int_to_base58( hex.to_i(16) ) end def decode_base58(base58_val) s = base58_to_int(base58_val).to_s(16); s = (s.bytesize.odd? ? '0'+s : s) s = '' if s == '00' leading_zero_bytes = (base58_val.match(/^([1]+)/) ? $1 : '').size s = ("00"*leading_zero_bytes) + s if leading_zero_bytes > 0 s end alias_method :base58_to_hex, :decode_base58 end end