pywallet-cli / bip-utils

Generation of mnemonics, seeds, private/public keys and addresses

pywallet (CLI)

Wallet importer/exporter for Bitcoin (BTC), BTG, BCH, LTC, DASH, USDT, QTUM and DOGE

Linux Usage

sudo ./pywallet-cli

Windows Usage

Execute pywallet.exe in CLI (cmd.exe)

Arguments

  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --dump_bip32=DUMP_BIP32
                        dump the keys from a xpriv and a path, usage:
                        --dump_bip32 xprv9s21ZrQH143K m/0H/1-2/2H/2-4
  --bip32_format=BIP32_FORMAT
                        format of dumped bip32 keys
  --passphrase=PASSPHRASE
                        passphrase for the encrypted wallet
  --find_address=FIND_ADDRESS
                        find info about an address
  -d, --dumpwallet      dump wallet in json format
  --dumpformat=DUMPFORMAT
                        choose what to extract in a wallet dump
  --dumpwithbalance     includes balance of each address in the json dump,
                        takes about 2 minutes per 100 addresses
  --importprivkey=KEY   import private key from vanitygen
  --importhex           DEPRECATED, useless
  --datadir=DATADIR     REMOVED OPTION: put full path in the --wallet option
  -w WALLETFILE, --wallet=WALLETFILE
                        wallet filename (defaults to wallet.dat)
  --label=LABEL         label shown in the adress book (defaults to '')
  --testnet             use testnet subdirectory and address type
  --namecoin            use namecoin address type
  --eth                 use ethereum address type
  --otherversion=OTHERVERSION
                        use other network address type, either P2PKH prefix
                        only (e.g. 111) or full network info as
                        'name,p2pkh,p2sh,wif,segwithrp' (e.g. btc,0,0,0x80,bc)
  --info                display pubkey, privkey (both depending on the
                        network) and hexkey
  --reserve             import as a reserve key, i.e. it won't show in the
                        adress book
  --multidelete=MULTIDELETE
                        deletes data in your wallet, according to the file
                        provided
  --balance=KEY_BALANCE
                        prints balance of KEY_BALANCE
  --recover             recover your deleted keys, use with recov_size and
                        recov_device
  --recov_device=RECOV_DEVICE
                        device to read (e.g. /dev/sda1 or E: or a file)
  --recov_size=RECOV_SIZE
                        number of bytes to read (e.g. 20Mo or 50Gio)
  --recov_outputdir=RECOV_OUTPUTDIR
                        output directory where the recovered wallet will be
                        put
  --clone_watchonly_from=CLONE_WATCHONLY_FROM
                        path of the original wallet
  --clone_watchonly_to=CLONE_WATCHONLY_TO
                        path of the resulting watch-only wallet
  --dont_check_walletversion
                        don't check if wallet version > 81000 before running
                        (WARNING: this may break your wallet, be sure you know
                        what you do)
  --random_key          print info of a randomly generated private key
  --whitepaper          write the Bitcoin whitepaper using bitcoin-cli or
                        blockchain.info
  --minimal_encrypted_copy
                        write a copy of an encrypted wallet with only an empty
                        address, *should* be safe to share when needing help
                        bruteforcing the password
  --tests               run tests

Donation

If you find this program helpful, please consider a donation:

BTC: bc1qqtspvvyl5nv2dwffd0zwppledlmct7sydpd9l5

Thank You!