diff --git a/dev-python/base58/Manifest b/dev-python/base58/Manifest
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+++ b/dev-python/base58/Manifest
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+DIST base58-2.1.1.tar.gz 6528 BLAKE2B 7ef740243fed7e2f39d3e6f1abe4782c0877415f7f8edbeba419e0ccf4ac7c6e0f6425f419a883df7f040abede7b88071c5d34f95b8e5f26d572cfda39b3af31 SHA512 b62620cf19716a70acaef1d2361f11e4188661935b1c349a73e8f0757b7643807a0e0ff2f98c7a672fd24d8d5301352998b86953583e690fb687c66929632a54
diff --git a/dev-python/base58/base58-2.1.1.ebuild b/dev-python/base58/base58-2.1.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2020-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Base58 and Base58Check implementation"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pypi.org/project/base58/
+	https://github.com/keis/base58/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/pyhamcrest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+	# need pytest-benchmark
+	test_base58.py::test_encode_random
+	test_base58.py::test_decode_random
+)
diff --git a/dev-python/base58/metadata.xml b/dev-python/base58/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<stabilize-allarches/>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">keis/base58</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">base58</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>