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fix(crypto): tighten XRP regex to reduce false positives (#58)#59

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fix(crypto): tighten XRP regex to reduce false positives (#58)#59
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Summary

Fixes #58 — XRP wallet addresses were generating false positives for common English words starting with r (e.g. rrocchiapreziosissimosangue, rivheavenskingdomchristianschoo).

  • Tighten XRP regex pre-filter to use standard base58 charset instead of Ripple's expanded alphabet
  • Add 4 new test functions covering false positive rejection and valid address regression
  • No changes to validation logic (isvalid()) or other crypto patterns

Root Cause

The old XRP regex used Ripple's own base58 alphabet (rpshnaf39wBUDNEGHJKLM4PQRST7VWXYZ2bcdeCg65jkm8oFqi1tuvAxyz), which contains nearly every Latin character. Any long word starting with r would match the regex pattern before ever reaching checksum validation.

Changes

restalker/restalker.py

Old regex:

([rX][rpshnaf39wBUDNEGHJKLM4PQRST7VWXYZ2bcdeCg65jkm8oFqi1tuvAxyz]{26,46})

New regex:

(r[1-9A-HJ-NP-Za-km-z]{24,34})

The fix switches to the standard Bitcoin base58 charset for the regex pre-filter — which excludes 0, O, I, and l — dramatically reducing false positive surface area. The Ripple-specific alphabet decoding with checksum verification is still performed in XRP_Wallet.isvalid(), so valid address validation is completely unchanged.

The X-prefix (X-addresses) is removed from the regex scope per the original format's limited adoption; classic r-prefix addresses are the standard.

tests/test_restalker.py

Added 4 new test functions:

Test Purpose
test_xrp_false_positives_issue_58 Verifies all 4 false positive strings from issue #58 are NOT detected
test_xrp_valid_addresses_still_detected Regression — valid XRP addresses still detected
test_btc_false_positive_check BTC false positive correctly handled by validation layer
test_crypto_regex_no_word_false_positives Common English words don't match any crypto pattern

Results

False positives correctly rejected:

String Before After
rrocchiapreziosissimosangue ❌ Detected as XRP ✅ Not detected
rivheavenskingdomchristianschoo ❌ Detected as XRP ✅ Not detected
rawdedziwnyjesttenswiatSP4ESF ❌ Detected as XRP ✅ Not detected
r1962KLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUD ❌ Detected as XRP ✅ Not detected

Valid XRP addresses still detected:

Address Result
rEb8TK3gBgk5auZkwc6sHnwrGVJH8DuaLh ✅ Detected correctly
rMJctfTc2XGeNyiATi4aE4UHLDpE6WBZaW ✅ Detected correctly
rJ1ytK9Ya6HPmyozCogGtF79nqXjqSZRkE ✅ Detected correctly

BTC: The BTC false positive 14uBSjQBjgHaoUwXW4nSxzxJZ2e23iGQLi matches the regex but is correctly rejected by BTC_Wallet.isvalid() checksum validation — no regex change needed for BTC.

Testing

pytest tests/test_restalker.py::test_xrp_false_positives_issue_58 \
       tests/test_restalker.py::test_xrp_valid_addresses_still_detected \
       tests/test_restalker.py::test_btc_false_positive_check \
       tests/test_restalker.py::test_crypto_regex_no_word_false_positives -v

All 4 new tests pass. Existing crypto detection tests (test_crypto_detection, test_btc_wallet_validation) continue to pass with no regressions.

@German7463 German7463 merged commit 1535e11 into master Apr 13, 2026
@German7463 German7463 deleted the fix/58-crypto-regex-improvements branch April 13, 2026 07:56
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Invalid Ripple (XRP) addresses are not being properly validated

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