public static string ToBinaryString(this BigInteger bigint)
{
var bytes = bigint.ToByteArray();
var idx = bytes.Length - 1;
// Create a StringBuilder having appropriate capacity.
var base2 = new StringBuilder(bytes.Length * 8);
// Convert first byte to binary.
var binary = Convert.ToString(bytes[idx], 2);
// Ensure leading zero exists if value is positive.
if (binary[0] != '0' && bigint.Sign == 1) {
base2.Append('0');
}
// Append binary string to StringBuilder.
base2.Append(binary);
// Convert remaining bytes adding leading zeros.
for (idx--; idx >= 0; idx--) {
base2.Append(Convert.ToString(bytes[idx], 2).PadLeft(8, '0'));
}
return base2.ToString();
}