modified: Altcoin-and-Forkcoin-Support.md

modified:   Install-Bitcoind.md
	modified:   Install-MMGen-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu-Linux.md
	modified:   Recovering-Your-Keys-Without-the-MMGen-Software.md

Altcoin-and-Forkcoin-Support.md

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ key in the key/address file by running the following command:
 
 and pasting in the key and password data when prompted.  [Monerod][M] must be
 installed and running and `monero-wallet-cli` be located in your executable
-path.
+path.  Launch monerod with the `--bg-mining-enable` switch.
 
 To save your time and labor, the `mmgen-tool` utility includes a command that
 completely automates this process:

Install-Bitcoind.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ machine.
 The bitcoin daemon on the **online computer** requires a complete and
 up-to-date blockchain for tracking addresses.  Since its work is more CPU and
 disk intensive, a more powerful computer is required here.  You'll also need
-plenty of free disk space for the growing blockchain (~220GB at the time of
+plenty of free disk space for the growing blockchain (~265GB at the time of
 writing).
 
 Two blockchain operations are especially resource-intensive: **synchronizing

Install-MMGen-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu-Linux.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Install required Debian/Ubuntu packages:
 
 	$ sudo apt-get install autoconf git libgmp-dev libssl-dev libtool wipe
-	$ sudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-ecdsa python3-pexpect python3-setuptools python3-cryptography python3-nacl python3-pip python3-gmpy2
+	$ sudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-ecdsa python3-pexpect python3-setuptools python3-cryptography python3-nacl python3-pip python3-gmpy2 python3-sha3
 
 Using the [pip3][P] installer, install the Python scrypt library
 

Recovering-Your-Keys-Without-the-MMGen-Software.md

@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ generated with the `mmgen-passgen` command.
 
 To keep things simple, we’ll assume you have a copy of your seed in hexadecimal
 (mmhex) format.  If your backup’s in mnemonic format, skip to the section
-’Converting an MMGen mnemonic to hexadecimal format’ below and return here when
-you’ve finished.  If your backup is an MMGen wallet, it will need to be
-decrypted.  That case will be covered in a future tutorial.
+[Converting an MMGen mnemonic to hexadecimal format](#a_mh) below and return
+here when you’ve finished.  If your backup is an MMGen wallet, it will need to
+be decrypted.  That case will be covered in a future tutorial.
 
 Okay, so let’s say you have a 128-bit seed with Seed ID `FE3C6545` and funds in
 the first three legacy uncompressed (`L`) addresses of this seed.  Here are the
@@ -273,11 +273,11 @@ Now all that remains is to convert our hexadecimal key to decimal and then Base
 out at the Python prompt:
 
 	# uncompressed example:
-	$ python
+	$ python3
 	>>> b58a = '123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz'
 	>>> num = int('8005d7219524b983290138a60ada101370007f59a625c43a46f0f8d92950955e367b818629',16)
-	>>> result = [b58a[num / 58**e % 58] for e in range(60)]
-	>>> print ''.join(reversed(result)).lstrip('1')
+	>>> result = [b58a[num // 58**e % 58] for e in range(60)]
+	>>> print(''.join(reversed(result)).lstrip('1'))
 	5HrrmMdQbELyW7iCns5kvSbN9GCPTqEfG7iP1PZiYk49yDDivTi # matches key for FE3C6545:L:1 above
 
 	# Segwit example has the following differences:
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ clearer:
 		result = []
 		while n:
 			result = result + [b58a[n % 58]] # divide n by 58 and take the remainder
-			n = n / 58
+			n = n // 58
 		return result
 
 	result = numtob58(num)
@@ -310,12 +310,12 @@ Adapting our code a bit and putting it in a file gives us have a handy
 conversion utility we can use for any key:
 
 	$ cat hex2b58.py
-	#!/usr/bin/env python
+	#!/usr/bin/env python3
 	import sys
 	b58a = '123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz'
 	num = int(sys.argv[1],16)
-	result = [b58a[num / 58**e % 58] for e in range(60)]
-	print ''.join(reversed(result)).lstrip('1')
+	result = [b58a[num // 58**e % 58] for e in range(60)]
+	print(''.join(reversed(result)).lstrip('1'))
 
 	$ ./hex2b58.py 8005d7219524b983290138a60ada101370007f59a625c43a46f0f8d92950955e367b818629
 	5HrrmMdQbELyW7iCns5kvSbN9GCPTqEfG7iP1PZiYk49yDDivTi
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ and ends like this:
 
 	yet (1621), young (1622), yours (1623), yourself (1624), youth (1625)
 
-(Type `mmgen-tool mn_printlist` to see the full list)
+(Type `mmgen-tool mn_printlist enum=true` to see the full enumerated list)
 
 The words of the Electrum wordlist thus make up a base-1626 numbering system,
 just like the ten digits of our familiar base-10 system.
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ along with the value of each word corresponding to its position in the wordlist:
 	foot       - 562
 	dude       - 439
 
-All that remains is to multiply the values by increasing powers of 1626 and sum
-the results:
+All that remains is to multiply the values by increasing powers of the base and
+sum the results, just as we did in our ‘1234’ example above:
 
 	200  x 1626⁰ +
 	59   x 1626¹ +
@@ -399,24 +399,22 @@ the results:
 	562  x 1626¹⁰ +
 	439  x 1626¹¹
 
-While we could theoretically do the math with pencil and paper, a few lines of
+While we could theoretically do the math with a calculator, a few lines of
 Python will make our work much easier:
 
-	$ python
+	$ python3
 	>>> sum = exp = 0
-	>>> for word in 200,59,1384,221,379,1493,1433,1348,1459,386,562,439:
+	>>> for word in (200,59,1384,221,379,1493,1433,1348,1459,386,562,439):
 	>>> 	sum += word * 1626 ** exp
 	>>> 	exp += 1
-	>>> print sum
-	92285275468192044354531703963345906238 # the result in decimal
-	>>> print '{:x}'.format(sum)
-	456d7f5f1c4bfe3bc916b87560ae6a3e # the result in hexadecimal: matches our original hex seed above
+	>>> print(hex(sum))
+	0x456d7f5f1c4bfe3bc916b87560ae6a3e # the result in hexadecimal: matches our original hex seed above
 
 In case you’re wondering why 1626 was chosen as the base: 1626 is just large
 enough to allow a 128-bit seed to be represented by twelve words.  This can also
 be demonstrated at the Python prompt:
 
-	$ python
+	$ python3
 	>>> 1626**12 >= 2**128
 	True
 	>>> 1625**12 >= 2**128