Bitcoin full node and query server
Aug 13, 2023
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jungly22:13
Re the wiki:
There's 71 mentions of
bx seed there. I will go ahead and hard code the seed. So we'll go from
bx seed | bx ec-new
to
echo 21c89350aa605453cc16892fc3760efc4a2eee33becd1e3e | bx ec-newjungly21:53
Here's a patch removing all references to
bx seed from the wiki. If this looks fine, let me know. I can push the changes to the wiki.bx-seed-removal.patch
diff --git a/Home.md b/Home.md index 0037975..f39c7d9 100644 --- a/Home.md +++ b/Home.md @@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ BX is a general purpose Bitcoin command line utility that supports Linux, OS X a ### Example ```sh -$ bx seed | bx ec-new | bx ec-to-public | bx ec-to-address -13ua8RRSxLpL5WL5cKUDepUCvJZgGWuKh7 +$ echo 21c89350aa605453cc16892fc3760efc4a2eee33becd1e3e | bx ec-new | bx ec-to-public | bx ec-to-address +16u9onWrUZLVZz2RieGuSghzM6Z7WELL9u ``` -**Do not use `bx seed` outside of examples!** See [Random Numbers](Random-Numbers). - If you encounter problems or have suggestions please use the [issues board](https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer/issues). + diff --git a/How to Receive Bitcoin.md b/How to Receive Bitcoin.md index afc6413..e9557b6 100644 --- a/How to Receive Bitcoin.md +++ b/How to Receive Bitcoin.md @@ -1,21 +1,18 @@ -Generate a **private key** from a random **seed** value. +Generate a **private key** from a seed that you supply. Below we use the seed `21c89350aa605453cc16892fc3760efc4a2eee33becd1e3e`. DO NOT USE THIS SEED FOR ANY WALLETS WITH FUNDS. ```sh -$ bx seed | bx ec-new +$ echo 21c89350aa605453cc16892fc3760efc4a2eee33becd1e3e | bx ec-new ``` -**Do not use `bx seed` to receive real bitcoin!** See [Random Numbers](Random-Numbers). - ``` -dbcd61584666028ac88798bacdc76f4b (seed) -4ce3eb6bd06c224e3c355352a488720efc5ac9fe527a219ad35178c3cf762350 (private key) +9bec42c594db6693a1e4367a3686b5f8aeca522ce6cf21d8371c27d1c4be4105 ``` Create a Bitcoin **address** from the private key. ```sh -$ bx ec-to-public 4ce3eb6bd06c224e3c355352a488720efc5ac9fe527a219ad35178c3cf762350 | bx ec-to-addressfull file