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This Python script performs a specific cryptographic operation on an Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) public key. It subtracts the curve's generator point, G, a specified number of times from a given public key.
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\bitcoin-public-key-to-private-key-main>python pubtoprivate.py -b 15 -pb 04fea58ffcf49566f6e9e9350cf5bca2861312f422966e8db16094beb14dc3df2cc71136e9f21ec86870c3a999f045d712f848c6fd6ed9582521c3f7444c8f182e
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\User\Desktop\bitcoin-public-key-to-private-key-main\pubtoprivate.py", line 37, in
new_point = subtract_g_times_from_pubkey(pubkey_hex, times)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\User\Desktop\bitcoin-public-key-to-private-key-main\pubtoprivate.py", line 11, in subtract_g_times_from_pubkey
pubkey = VerifyingKey.from_string(bytes.fromhex(pubkey_hex), curve=SECP256k1).pubkey.point
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Python\Lib\site-packages\ecdsa\keys.py", line 36, in from_string
assert len(string) == curve.verifying_key_length,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AssertionError: (65, 64)
Same thing with compressed keys