Topic: Create Bitcoin Core hd wallet from word list / mnemonic (Read 326 times)
UPD: Resolved. It needs to use -v 239 for testnet in bx ec-to-wif command
Hello all!
I'm trying understand HD wallets in bitcoin core implementation and got stuck. Here it is:
$ bx seed | bx mnemonic-new -l en
reward awake later spot grass list peanut clog hurry guess question father leg dress only reunion horn napkin
$ echo "reward awake later spot grass list peanut clog hurry guess question father leg dress only reunion horn napkin" | bx mnemonic-to-seed | bx hd-new | bx hd-to-ec | bx ec-to-wif
L1G3dzjDmkPNkrYLs2L9pTbF9BZ4XThqkXVtDxcrP887uPYRjriG
That WIF key L1G3dzjDmkPNkrYLs2L9pTbF9BZ4XThqkXVtDxcrP887uPYRjriG should be ok for sethdseed? Right?
So next:
$ bitcoin-cli createwallet test
{
"name": "test",
"warning": ""
}
$ bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet=test sethdseed true L1G3dzjDmkPNkrYLs2L9pTbF9BZ4XThqkXVtDxcrP887uPYRjriG
error code: -5
error message:
Invalid private key
What's wrong?
Thanks in advance.
I'm trying understand HD wallets in bitcoin core implementation and got stuck. Here it is:
$ bx seed | bx mnemonic-new -l en
reward awake later spot grass list peanut clog hurry guess question father leg dress only reunion horn napkin
$ echo "reward awake later spot grass list peanut clog hurry guess question father leg dress only reunion horn napkin" | bx mnemonic-to-seed | bx hd-new | bx hd-to-ec | bx ec-to-wif
L1G3dzjDmkPNkrYLs2L9pTbF9BZ4XThqkXVtDxcrP887uPYRjriG
That WIF key L1G3dzjDmkPNkrYLs2L9pTbF9BZ4XThqkXVtDxcrP887uPYRjriG should be ok for sethdseed? Right?
So next:
$ bitcoin-cli createwallet test
{
"name": "test",
"warning": ""
}
$ bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet=test sethdseed true L1G3dzjDmkPNkrYLs2L9pTbF9BZ4XThqkXVtDxcrP887uPYRjriG
error code: -5
error message:
Invalid private key
What's wrong?
Thanks in advance.
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i wonder why you use mnemonic seed with 18 words which isn't common?
The readme was misleading: 9, 12, 15, 18 or 21 words are fine (everything that "bx mnemonic-to-seed" accepts as input).
To have a way of (re-)creating Bitcoin Core wallets out of a word list I wrote a bash script.
https://github.com/tekbe/wallet-tools
How it works:
This can basically be done with two lines in the terminal:
A random word list can also be created with Bitcoin Explorer:
The script provides some extra convenience. Hope it's useful.
https://github.com/tekbe/wallet-tools
How it works:
- Bitcoin Core allows you to create a deterministic wallet from a seed
- Bitcoin Explorer allows you create such seeds from a word list
This can basically be done with two lines in the terminal:
Code:
$ echo "my random and secret word list" | bx mnemonic-to-seed | bx hd-new | bx hd-to-ec | bx ec-to-wif
L26zbMQRXyhUaaHcTQ13mzHWBauMPsG2qrmZQHx5QpYmMMFkhcWn
$ bitcoin-cli sethdseed true "L26zbMQRXyhUaaHcTQ13mzHWBauMPsG2qrmZQHx5QpYmMMFkhcWn"
L26zbMQRXyhUaaHcTQ13mzHWBauMPsG2qrmZQHx5QpYmMMFkhcWn
$ bitcoin-cli sethdseed true "L26zbMQRXyhUaaHcTQ13mzHWBauMPsG2qrmZQHx5QpYmMMFkhcWn"
A random word list can also be created with Bitcoin Explorer:
Code:
$ bx seed | bx mnemonic-new
sadness arrow artefact expect office carry fatal tape radar ladder dirt hawk echo bone exile uphold topple local
sadness arrow artefact expect office carry fatal tape radar ladder dirt hawk echo bone exile uphold topple local
The script provides some extra convenience. Hope it's useful.
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