zbar
This is a fork of ZBar to add support to scan animated UR QR codes, as used by BlueWallet (and Cobo Wallet?) for PSBTs. This allows BlueWallet to be used as a watch-only wallet in combination with air gapped wallets that use ZBar for QR scanning (Electrum). (by m0dB)
btclib
btclib: a python3 library for 'bitcoin cryptography' (by btclib-org)
| zbar | btclib | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | 98 | |
| - | - | |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | |
| about 3 years ago | 9 days ago | |
| C | Python | |
| GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
zbar
Posts with mentions or reviews of zbar.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
btclib
Posts with mentions or reviews of btclib.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-19.
-
Interacting with the bitcoin network without typical software.
https://github.com/btclib-org/btclib is a python library that implements a lot of bitcoin low level stuff for the purpose of teaching its internals. I believe they are even working on implementing a proof of concept full node on top of it
- Covert a seed phrase to Bitcoin address(es) offline
-
How do you find underlying addresses or balance/transactions from a Bitcoin xpub, zpub, or ypub address?
btclib might work for this, based on this issue on their github: https://github.com/btclib-org/btclib/issues/42
What are some alternatives?
When comparing zbar and btclib you can also consider the following projects:
bitcoin-toolkit - An assortment of bitcoin-related command line tools to creating and modifying keys, generating vanity addresses, interacting with nodes, and more. Includes bech32 support.
go-bip32 - Golang implementation of the BIP32 HD address spec
coinbin - Javascript Bitcoin Wallet. Supports Multisig, Stealth, HD, SegWit, Bech32, Time Locked Addresses, RBF and more!
FullyNoded - Self sovereign, secure, powerful, easy to use wallet that utilizes your own node as a backend. Powered by PSBT's and descriptors. Acts as an offline signer using your node as a watch-only wallet. C-Lightning compatible for instant, unfairly cheap payments.
Blockchain-Guide - Blockchain Guide