Command line tools for physical bitcoin storage.
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INCLUDES
Included in this release is a copy of PHP QR Code software which is licensed under the LGPL 3 You can view this project directly at http://phpqrcode.sourceforge.net/
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REQUIREMENTS
The serpcoin scripts require the following:
bash, python, python-ecdsa, php-cli, and php-gd
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UBUNTU PREREQUISITE INSTRUCTIONS
Newer versions of Ubuntu use:
sudo apt-get install python-ecdsa php5-cli php5-gd
Older versions will need to do the following:
sudo apt-get install python-pip php5-cli php5-gd
sudo pip install ecdsa
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USAGE
If all prerequisites are installed then in theory all you need to do is enter the serpcoin directory and then:
./run.sh
This script will ask you how many labels you want to make and then
create a series of files named png_front#.png and png_back#.png
where # starts at 1 and increments to as many pages as needed.
You would then use those images to print the front and back of
a sheet of paper then cut out the labels.
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QUICK START EXAMPLE
Here are the steps you would follow if you installed a fresh copy of the latest Ubuntu server in a vm to create 25 labels.
- Boot up the VM
- Login
- Type the following:
sudo apt-get install python-ecdsa php5-cli php5-gd unzip
wget https://github.com/jondale/serpcoin/archive/master.zip -O serpcoin.zip
unzip serpcoin.zip
cd serpcoin-master
./run.sh
- The script asks how many labels to make. Answer 25.
- Let the script finish.
- Print cache/page_front1.png
- Take the printed out page, flip it over, feed it into the manual tray of your printer.
- Print cache/page_back1.png
- Cut and fold each label.
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PRINTING TIPS
When printing out the pages you need to make sure you can set the DPI to the same value set in the configuration file (Default: 600). Additionally, a lot of programs default to scaling the pages so that will need to be turned off. I open the files in GIMP and then when printing I set the options on the Image Settings tab inside the print dialog.
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CONFIGURE
To change settings such as the pages DPI, labels sizes, version text, font, font size, or the logo image just change the settings in the provided serpcoin.conf file.