keys.py

import os
import ecdsa
import hashlib
import base58

#private_key = os.urandom(32).encode("hex")

private_key = "73356839c2883cdf723b44f329928d5acd51e0b3b9d88ea3e1639e34e1dc6958"

print "this is my private key: " + private_key

sk = ecdsa.SigningKey.from_string(private_key.decode("hex"), curve = ecdsa.SECP256k1)

vk = sk.verifying_key

public_key = ('\04' + vk.to_string()).encode("hex")

print "this is my public key: " + public_key

ripemd160 = hashlib.new('ripemd160')

ripemd160.update(hashlib.sha256(public_key.decode('hex')).digest())

middle_man = '\00' + ripemd160.digest()

checksum = hashlib.sha256(hashlib.sha256(middle_man).digest()).digest()[:4]

binary_addr = middle_man + checksum

addr = base58.b58encode(binary_addr)

print "this is my BTC address: " + addr