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  """Reference implementation for Bech32 and segwit addresses."""
  
  
  CHARSET = "qpzry9x8gf2tvdw0s3jn54khce6mua7l"
  
  
  def bech32_polymod(values):
      """Internal function that computes the Bech32 checksum."""
      generator = [0x3b6a57b2, 0x26508e6d, 0x1ea119fa, 0x3d4233dd, 0x2a1462b3]
      chk = 1
      for value in values:
          top = chk >> 25
          chk = (chk & 0x1ffffff) << 5 ^ value
          for i in range(5):
              chk ^= generator[i] if ((top >> i) & 1) else 0
      return chk
  
  
  def bech32_hrp_expand(hrp):
      """Expand the HRP into values for checksum computation."""
      return [ord(x) >> 5 for x in hrp] + [0] + [ord(x) & 31 for x in hrp]
  
  
  def bech32_verify_checksum(hrp, data):
      """Verify a checksum given HRP and converted data characters."""
      return bech32_polymod(bech32_hrp_expand(hrp) + data) == 1
  
  
  def bech32_create_checksum(hrp, data):
      """Compute the checksum values given HRP and data."""
      values = bech32_hrp_expand(hrp) + data
      polymod = bech32_polymod(values + [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]) ^ 1
      return [(polymod >> 5 * (5 - i)) & 31 for i in range(6)]
  
  
  def bech32_encode(hrp, data):
      """Compute a Bech32 string given HRP and data values."""
      combined = data + bech32_create_checksum(hrp, data)
      return hrp + '1' + ''.join([CHARSET[d] for d in combined])
  
  
  def bech32_decode(bech):
      """Validate a Bech32 string, and determine HRP and data."""
      if ((any(ord(x) < 33 or ord(x) > 126 for x in bech)) or
              (bech.lower() != bech and bech.upper() != bech)):
          return (None, None)
      bech = bech.lower()
      pos = bech.rfind('1')
      if pos < 1 or pos + 7 > len(bech) or len(bech) > 90:
          return (None, None)
      if not all(x in CHARSET for x in bech[pos+1:]):
          return (None, None)
      hrp = bech[:pos]
      data = [CHARSET.find(x) for x in bech[pos+1:]]
      if not bech32_verify_checksum(hrp, data):
          return (None, None)
      return (hrp, data[:-6])
  
  
  def convertbits(data, frombits, tobits, pad=True):
      """General power-of-2 base conversion."""
      acc = 0
      bits = 0
      ret = []
      maxv = (1 << tobits) - 1
      max_acc = (1 << (frombits + tobits - 1)) - 1
      for value in data:
          if value < 0 or (value >> frombits):
              return None
          acc = ((acc << frombits) | value) & max_acc
          bits += frombits
          while bits >= tobits:
              bits -= tobits
              ret.append((acc >> bits) & maxv)
      if pad:
          if bits:
              ret.append((acc << (tobits - bits)) & maxv)
      elif bits >= frombits or ((acc << (tobits - bits)) & maxv):
          return None
      return ret
  
  
  def decode(hrp, addr):
      """Decode a segwit address."""
      hrpgot, data = bech32_decode(addr)
      if hrpgot != hrp:
          return (None, None)
      decoded = convertbits(data[1:], 5, 8, False)
      if decoded is None or len(decoded) < 2 or len(decoded) > 40:
          return (None, None)
      if data[0] > 16:
          return (None, None)
      if data[0] == 0 and len(decoded) != 20 and len(decoded) != 32:
          return (None, None)
      return (data[0], decoded)
  
  
  def encode(hrp, witver, witprog):
      """Encode a segwit address."""
      ret = bech32_encode(hrp, [witver] + convertbits(witprog, 8, 5))
      assert decode(hrp, ret) is not (None, None)
      return ret
  
subject: add segwit bech32 module