scriptoshi/bitcoin-php

PHP Bitcoin library with functions for transactions, signatures, serialization, Random/Deterministic ECDSA keys, blocks, RPC bindings

v2.0.1 2025-03-23 15:39 UTC

Requires

• php-64bit: >=8.0
• ext-bcmath: *
• ext-curl: *
• ext-gmp: *
• ext-json: *
• ext-mbstring: *
• bitwasp/buffertools: ^0.5.7
• composer/semver: ^3.4
• paragonie/ecc: ^2.4

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: ^12.0

Unlicense

• Atif Nazir

README

Bitcoin

This repository contains an implementation of Bitcoin using mostly pure PHP.

Installation

You can install this library via Composer: composer require scriptoshi/bitcoin-php

Contributing

All contributions are welcome. Please see [this page] before you get started

Documentation

Check out the beginnings of the documentation for the library: [Introduction]

Presently supported:

• P2SH & Segregated witness scripts
• An adaptable elliptic-curve library, using [PhpEcc] by default, or libsecp256k1 if the bindings are found
• Support for building, parsing, signing/validating transactions
• Deterministic signatures (RFC6979)
• BIP32 and electrum (older type I) deterministic key algorithms
• BIP39, and the older electrum seed format.
• ScriptFactory for common input/output types, parser, interpreter, and classifiers
• Supports bindings to libbitcoinconsensus
• Bindings to Stratum (electrum) servers