Have you tried looking at the Bitcoin Core code for this message? That's where it comes from originally.
On 05/03/2018 03:12 PM, Commentors-net wrote: > I manage to convert but not via java. > I need string so I could get it easily using .net version NBitcoin and > best part is that it is exactly same implementation as C++. > > > On Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 9:11:36 AM UTC+8, Commentors-net wrote: > > In the code we have > > > 04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73 > > which is a difficulty bits for message > > The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks > > can anyone provide a update what hashing or encoding is used to get > that string? > > I used > > String str = "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second > bailout for banks"; > String ss = BaseEncoding.base16().lowerCase().encode(str.getBytes())); > > and output I have > > 5468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73 > whereas in code it has extra "04ffff001d010445" > > I am struggling to find that but failed so far. > > A help will be very much appreciated and my job will be saved :-) > > This is the output when I am decoding the string in code via > > byte[] bytes = Utils.HEX.decode( > > "04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73"); > String s = new String(bytes); > > > Output is below: > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IH6fJkwGJI8/WukQLiC5wCI/AAAAAAAAEXY/JRTuXE4qKHIvVFSrv2b9-kDpnx2TuoW9ACLcBGAs/s1600/decoding.PNG> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "bitcoinj" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bitcoinj" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
