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Technical info – address and key generation – opensource info

Floriano Righetti
Updated on September 8, 2025

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Ethereum (ETH) & EVM Networks (BSC, Polygon, Avalanche, Fantom, Arbitrum, Optimism)
Curve: secp256k1
Address Format: 0x prefix, 40 hex chars
Key Derivation: BIP44 m/44’/60’/0’/0/0
Signature: ECDSA
Hash: Keccak-256
 
Bitcoin (BTC)
Curve: secp256k1
Address Format: Legacy (1…), SegWit (3…), Native SegWit (bc1…)
Key Derivation: BIP44 m/44’/0’/0’/0/0, BIP84 m/84’/0’/0’/0/0
Signature: ECDSA
Hash: SHA-256, RIPEMD-160
 
Solana (SOL)
Curve: ed25519
Address Format: Base58, 32-44 chars
Key Derivation: SLIP-44 m/44’/501’/0’/0/0
Signature: EdDSA
Hash: BLAKE3
 
XRP (Ripple)
Curve: secp256k1
Address Format: r prefix, Base58
Key Derivation: BIP44 m/44’/144’/0’/0/0
Signature: ECDSA
Hash: SHA-256, RIPEMD-160
 
Cardano (ADA)
Curve: ed25519
Address Format: addr1 prefix (Shelley), Bech32
Key Derivation: BIP44 m/1852’/1815’/0’/0/0 (CIP-1852)
Signature: Ed25519-Extended (CIP-1852)
Hash: Blake2b-256		Polkadot (DOT)
Curve: sr25519 (Schnorrkel)
Address Format: SS58, starts with 1
Key Derivation: Custom (e.g., //0//0 or //Alice via substrate)
Signature: Schnorr
Hash: Blake2b
Cosmos (ATOM)
Curve: secp256k1
Address Format: cosmos1 prefix, Bech32
Key Derivation: BIP44 m/44’/118’/0’/0/0
Signature: ECDSA
Hash: SHA-256 (with Bech32 checksum)
TRON (TRX)
Curve: secp256k1
Address Format: T prefix, Base58Check
Key Derivation: BIP44 m/44’/195’/0’/0/0
Signature: ECDSA
Hash: Keccak-256
NEAR Protocol
Curve: ed25519
Address Format: Human-readable (name.near)
Key Derivation: BIP44 m/44’/397’/0′
Signature: EdDSA
Hash: SHA-256
Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR)
Curve: ed25519
Address Format: Shard.Realm.Num (e.g., 0.0.12345)
Key Derivation: SLIP-44 m/44’/3030’/0’/0’/0′
Signature: EdDSA
Hash: SHA-384 (unique to Hedera)
Stellar (XLM)
Curve: ed25519
Address Format: G-prefix, Base32 (StrKey encoding, 56 chars)
Key Derivation: SLIP-44 m/44’/148’/0’/0/0
Signature: EdDSA
Hash: SHA-256		Litecoin (LTC)
Curve: secp256k1
Address Format: Legacy (L/M…), SegWit (M…), Native SegWit (ltc1…)
Key Derivation: BIP44 m/44’/2’/0’/0/0, BIP84 m/84’/2’/0’/0/0
Signature: ECDSA
Hash: SHA-256, RIPEMD-160
Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
Curve: secp256k1
Address Format: Legacy (1…), CashAddr (q/p prefix, Bech32 variant)
Key Derivation: BIP44 m/44’/145’/0’/0/0
Signature: ECDSA
Hash: SHA-256, RIPEMD-160
Dogecoin (DOGE)
Curve: secp256k1
Address Format: D-prefix, Base58Check
Key Derivation: BIP44 m/44’/3’/0’/0/0
Signature: ECDSA
Hash: SHA-256, RIPEMD-160
Monero (XMR)
Curve: ed25519 (with custom tweaks for CryptoNote protocol)
Address Format: Base58, 95 chars (standard), “4” prefix
Key Derivation: Custom (not BIP44) – dual key system (view key + spend key)
Signature: Ring signatures (MLSAG, CLSAG)
Hash: Keccak-256 + CryptoNight functions
Toncoin (TON)
Curve: ed25519
Address Format: Base64 or Base58, workchain-based, often EQ… prefix
Key Derivation: SLIP-44 m/44’/607’/0’/0/0
Signature: EdDSA
Hash: SHA-256
 

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