bx ek new

Create an encrypted private key from an intermediate passphrase token (BIP38).

$ bx ek-new --help

Usage: bx ek-new [-hu] [--config VALUE] [--version VALUE] TOKEN [SEED]   

Info: Create an encrypted private key from an intermediate passphrase    
token (BIP38).                                                           

Options (named):

-c [--config]        The path to the configuration settings file.        
-h [--help]          Get a description and instructions for this command.
-u [--uncompressed]  Use the uncompressed public key format.             
-v [--version]       The desired payment address version.                

Arguments (positional):

TOKEN                The intermediate passphrase token.                  
SEED                 The Base16 entropy for the new encrypted private    
                     key. Must be at least 192 bits in length (only the  
                     first 192 bits are used). If not specified the seed 
                     is read from STDIN.

The --version option is a libbitcoin enhancement not yet specified in BIP-38.

See also token-new, ek-address and ek-public.

Example 1

lot/sequence

$ bx ek-new passphrasecpXbDpHuo8F7yuZqR49koDA9uQojPijjjZaxsar7Woo9pfHJbeWF3VMU9EPBqJ baadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00d

6PoJB3hjqER7KJDeo69pfX3ttV5DPaQPEf4pZEwhNYjTjqMdvif5qfE34S

Example 2

$ bx ek-new passphraseryQXuRZZQ3Jw5rAT7m6MzxkGSSRmysq3Ayj9vuEHEnbVPJSmRQ2xYFKDKjGYrq baadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00d

6PnUht3dP5Jdcp1B7NGqkEoBw5Ja2wWEeQMDRHqLNrBG4Rqo59eVfMd98B

Example 3

piped commands

$ echo [user entropy] | bx ek-new passphraseryQXuRZZQ3Jw5rAT7m6MzxkGSSRmysq3Ayj9vuEHEnbVPJSmRQ2xYFKDKjGYrq

7113f4c2e8f67b61225c9a619cd984b63f28df434bf18217
6PnTXoTt48rHNWvuMBRyW2ttL4zfz31J8TMcsJQVNxmxAgqVMN2mmNezsC

Example 4

invalid seed

$ bx ek-new passphraseryQXuRZZQ3Jw5rAT7m6MzxkGSSRmysq3Ayj9vuEHEnbVPJSmRQ2xYFKDKjGYrq baadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00d

The seed is less than 192 bits long.

Example 5

--uncompressed

$ bx ek-new -u passphraseryQXuRZZQ3Jw5rAT7m6MzxkGSSRmysq3Ayj9vuEHEnbVPJSmRQ2xYFKDKjGYrq baadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00d

6PfM4jsmgX1veYaiBXqqDe3J8hFtAriohdNGjPfrbt7aQ8H53nijYN6svW

Example 6

--version 111 (testnet)

$ bx ek-new -v 111 passphraseryQXuRZZQ3Jw5rAT7m6MzxkGSSRmysq3Ayj9vuEHEnbVPJSmRQ2xYFKDKjGYrq baadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00d

8FEMBzS4QWPwxyzrYJxHwzSrdNzroFiQjkAnpf51xcPPXkTvqGrD8bVq68

Example 7

--version 111 (testnet), --uncompressed

$ bx ek-new -u -v 111 passphraseryQXuRZZQ3Jw5rAT7m6MzxkGSSRmysq3Ayj9vuEHEnbVPJSmRQ2xYFKDKjGYrq baadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00dbaadf00d

8F7FpHwGgCmZag3nViwdDJTcRUVSZDiyp362gLWisvHDtMQkyC6JJuFhVX