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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ addresses is done at your own risk.
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>> 1) with a wallet encrypted with AES256 using the crack-resistant scrypt
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>> function to hash the password. The wallet's password and hash
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->> strength can be changed.
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+>> strength can be changed;
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>> 2) with a one-line seed file (unencrypted);
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@@ -45,10 +45,18 @@ addresses is done at your own risk.
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### Install:
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> Install the ecdsa, scrypt and pycrypto modules:
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->> `sudo pip install ecdsa scrypt pycrypto`
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+
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+ sudo pip install ecdsa scrypt pycrypto
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+
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+> Install vanitygen (optional but recommended):
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+
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+ git clone https://github.com/samr7/vanitygen.git
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+
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+ (build, put the 'keyconv' executable in your path)
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> Install mmgen:
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->> `cd mmgen; sudo ./setup.py install`
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+
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+ cd mmgen; sudo ./setup.py install
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### Getting Started:
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> On your offline computer:
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@@ -212,3 +220,19 @@ addresses is done at your own risk.
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> delete your mnemonic and seed files. In Linux, you can achieve
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> additional security by writing the files to volatile memory in
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> '/dev/shm' instead of disk.
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+
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+### Vanitygen note:
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+> When available, the 'keyconv' utility from the vanitygen package is
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+> used to generate addresses because it's much faster than the python
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+> ecdsa library.
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+
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+### Test suite:
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+> To see what tests are available, run the scripts in the 'tests'
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+> directory without arguments. Some of the more interesting tests to
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+> try:
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+ tests/bitcoin.py keyconv_compare_randloop 10
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+ tests/bitcoin.py hextob58_pad_randloop 1000
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+ tests/mnemonic.py random128
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+ tests/mnemonic.py random192
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+ tests/mnemonic.py random256
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philemon