bitcoin-test-wallets-generator

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= Bitcoin Test Wallets Generator

A Bitcoin test wallet's generator to help bitcoin programmers.

== Features

• Generate six wallets (Alice, Bob, Carol, Dave Eve, Mallory)
• Create a json file detailing all the cryptographic materials
• Import private keys to Bitcoin Core

== Requirements

• = NodeJS v10

• https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/[jq - JSON processor]
• Bash or a Bash interpreter like Cygwin or Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

== How to use it

First launch Bitcoin Core so that the library can import the private keys.

NOTE: By default, the library is set to the regtest network and uses hardcoded 16 bytes entropy.

npx bitcointestwalletsgenerator

or

git clone [email protected]:bitcoin-studio/bitcoin-test-wallets-generator.git node generate_wallets.js

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Run with a new set of entropy

NOTE: 16 bytes entropy = 12 words mnemonic + 32 bytes entropy = 24 words mnemonic

npx bitcointestwalletsgenerator --entropy 16

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Set the network

npx bitcointestwalletsgenerator --network mainnet

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Set the network and entropy

npx bitcointestwalletsgenerator -n testnet -e 32

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Verbose

npx bitcointestwalletsgenerator -v

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Help

npx bitcointestwalletsgenerator --help

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Check that private key import was successful with the listlabels command in Bitcoin Core console