https://github.com/jamielsharief/bitcoin-wallet
Generate a Bitcoin wallet from the command line.
https://github.com/jamielsharief/bitcoin-wallet
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Generate a Bitcoin wallet from the command line.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jamielsharief/bitcoin-wallet
- Owner: jamielsharief
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2021-03-01T11:01:57.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2021-03-28T05:27:33.000Z (about 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-12T21:57:25.727Z (2 months ago)
- Topics: bitcoin, generator, wallet
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 8.79 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
# Bitcoin Wallet Generator
Securely generate a [Bitcoin](https://bitcoin.org/en/) wallet from the command line.
The objective of this project is securley and transparently generate bitcoin addresses from the command line using a dependable process. Initially I was going to do this in PHP, then bash, but then I settled to use the `bitcoinlib-js` library, since this is regularly maintained and used in trusted projects.
Under the hood `bitcoinlib-js` uses the [randombytes](https://github.com/crypto-browserify/randombyte) package, which in turn uses [crypto.randomBytes](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#crypto_crypto_randombytes_size_callback) and generates cryptographically strong pseudo-random data.
## Installation
Download the source and install the dependencies.
```bash
$ git clone https://github.com/jamielsharief/bitcoin-wallet
$ cd bitcoin-wallet
$ npm install
```
## Usage
To generate an address, this uses the folloing command
```bash
$ node bitcoin-wallet.js
{
bitcoinAddress: '1K9qSpG2fMVNjimxPkogAiFsvxKrCGmfKG',
privateKey: 'L4Yh7cL9H1e66PF37izz82pU5gpcsLk3fToKwwZKN2bUzZDjnjpn'
}
```
You can also pass your own randomly generated string. A base64 string should be at least 44 characters and a hex string should to be at least 64 characters to get 256bits of entropy.
```bash
$ node bitcoin-wallet.js 'Wl0Psa38fcnjmR8d270kUoryiEkhZLPv7rjMafV98ic='
```
To generate seed from the command line
```bash
$ node bitcoin-wallet.js "$(openssl rand -hex 32)"
$ node bitcoin-wallet.js "$(openssl rand -base64 32)"
```
## Global Setup
You can install this command gloablly
```bash
$ npm install -g .
```
Then run the command from anywhere
```bash
$ bitcoin-wallet
```
## Resources
- [How Bitcoin Wallets Work](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSTiKjnBaes)
- [How to create Bitcoin Address](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Technical_background_of_version_1_Bitcoin_addresses)
- [Encrypting/Descrypting crypto private keys](https://github.com/bitcoinjs/bip38)