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Bitcoin varint

Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli, 37) ... Blockchain Cryptocurrency List of cryptocurrencies Bitcoin Bitcoin protocol Bitcoin protocol data type
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en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_documentation#Variable_length_integer
Implementations:
  • Python: github.com/alecalve/python-bitcoin-blockchain-parser/blob/c06f420995b345c9a193c8be6e0916eb70335863/blockchain_parser/utils.py#L41. Sample usage to extract 3 values from a bytes object:
    file, off = decode_varint(value)
    blk_off, off = decode_varint(value[off:])
    tx_off, off = decode_varint(value[off:])

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