hdkeygen

hdkeygen

A simple (hopefully auditable) tool to generate hd wallets in a slightly less insecure manner.

This tool is kept separate from the other utility hdkeyc to make reading through it in its entirety easier to do.

Installation

Easy mode

go get .

Trust 'why' mode

For this, make sure you have an ipfs daemon running.

$ # either install gx this way, or via prebuilt binaries on dist.ipfs.io
$ go get github.com/whyrusleeping/gx
$ go get github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go
$ # Now, ensure gx uses ipfs to fetch data
$ export IPFS_API="http://localhost:5001"
$ gx install
$ gx-go rewrite
$ go install .

Hard mode

• Download and install a version of go that you trust (given your threat model).
• Fetch a trusted copy of github.com/btcsuite/btcd and github.com/btcsuite/btcutil and install it into your $GOPATH
• run go install

Usage

Usage of ./hdkeygen:
  -output string
        name of keyfile to output (default "output.key")
  -randlen int
        number of bytes of randomness to read from randomness source (default 8192)
  -randsrc string
        filename of alternative randomness source

Start by running:

$ hdkeygen

The program will prompt you to type some randomness, once done, close stdin with ctrl+d.

The program will then proceed to generate your key, and write it to the output file.

License

MIT, whyrusleeping