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## ethkey-cli
Parity Ethereum keys generator.
### Usage
```
Parity Ethereum Keys Generator.
Copyright 2015-2019 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
Usage:
ethkey info <secret-or-phrase> [options]
ethkey generate random [options]
ethkey generate prefix <prefix> [options]
ethkey sign <secret> <message>
ethkey verify public <public> <signature> <message>
ethkey verify address <address> <signature> <message>
ethkey recover <address> <known-phrase>
ethkey [-h | --help]
Options:
-h, --help Display this message and exit.
-s, --secret Display only the secret key.
-p, --public Display only the public key.
-a, --address Display only the address.
-b, --brain Use parity brain wallet algorithm. Not recommended.
Commands:
info Display public key and address of the secret.
generate random Generates new random Ethereum key.
generate prefix Random generation, but address must start with a prefix ("vanity address").
sign Sign message using a secret key.
verify Verify signer of the signature by public key or address.
recover Try to find brain phrase matching given address from partial phrase.
```
### Examples
#### `info <secret>`
*Display info about private key.*
- `<secret>` - ethereum secret, 32 bytes long
```
ethkey info 17d08f5fe8c77af811caa0c9a187e668ce3b74a99acc3f6d976f075fa8e0be55
```
```
secret: 17d08f5fe8c77af811caa0c9a187e668ce3b74a99acc3f6d976f075fa8e0be55
public: 689268c0ff57a20cd299fa60d3fb374862aff565b20b5f1767906a99e6e09f3ff04ca2b2a5cd22f62941db103c0356df1a8ed20ce322cab2483db67685afd124
address: 26d1ec50b4e62c1d1a40d16e7cacc6a6580757d5
```
--
#### `info --brain <phrase>`
*Display info about private key generate from brain wallet recovery phrase.*
- `<phrase>` - Parity recovery phrase, 12 words
```
ethkey info --brain "this is sparta"
```
```
The recover phrase was not generated by Parity: The word 'this' does not come from the dictionary.
secret: aa22b54c0cb43ee30a014afe5ef3664b1cde299feabca46cd3167a85a57c39f2
public: c4c5398da6843632c123f543d714d2d2277716c11ff612b2a2f23c6bda4d6f0327c31cd58c55a9572c3cc141dade0c32747a13b7ef34c241b26c84adbb28fcf4
address: 006e27b6a72e1f34c626762f3c4761547aff1421
```
--
#### `generate random`
*Generate new keypair randomly.*
```
ethkey generate random
```
```
secret: 7d29fab185a33e2cd955812397354c472d2b84615b645aa135ff539f6b0d70d5
public: 35f222d88b80151857a2877826d940104887376a94c1cbd2c8c7c192eb701df88a18a4ecb8b05b1466c5b3706042027b5e079fe3a3683e66d822b0e047aa3418
address: a8fa5dd30a87bb9e3288d604eb74949c515ab66e
```
--
#### `generate random --brain`
*Generate new keypair with recovery phrase randomly.*
```
ethkey generate random --brain
```
```
recovery phrase: thwarting scandal creamer nuzzle asparagus blast crouch trusting anytime elixir frenzied octagon
secret: 001ce488d50d2f7579dc190c4655f32918d505cee3de63bddc7101bc91c0c2f0
public: 4e19a5fdae82596e1485c69b687c9cc52b5078e5b0668ef3ce8543cd90e712cb00df822489bc1f1dcb3623538a54476c7b3def44e1a51dc174e86448b63f42d0
address: 00cf3711cbd3a1512570639280758118ba0b2bcb
```
--
#### `generate prefix <prefix>`
*Generate new keypair randomly with address starting with prefix.*
- `<prefix>` - desired address prefix, 0 - 32 bytes long.
```
ethkey generate prefix ff
```
```
secret: 2075b1d9c124ea673de7273758ed6de14802a9da8a73ceb74533d7c312ff6acd
public: 48dbce4508566a05509980a5dd1335599fcdac6f9858ba67018cecb9f09b8c4066dc4c18ae2722112fd4d9ac36d626793fffffb26071dfeb0c2300df994bd173
address: fff7e25dff2aa60f61f9d98130c8646a01f31649
```
--
#### `generate prefix --brain <prefix>`
*Generate new keypair with recovery phrase randomly with address starting with prefix.*
- `<prefix>` - desired address prefix, 0 - 32 bytes long.
```
ethkey generate prefix --brain 00cf
```
```
recovery phrase: thwarting scandal creamer nuzzle asparagus blast crouch trusting anytime elixir frenzied octagon
secret: 001ce488d50d2f7579dc190c4655f32918d505cee3de63bddc7101bc91c0c2f0
public: 4e19a5fdae82596e1485c69b687c9cc52b5078e5b0668ef3ce8543cd90e712cb00df822489bc1f1dcb3623538a54476c7b3def44e1a51dc174e86448b63f42d0
address: 00cf3711cbd3a1512570639280758118ba0b2bcb
```
--
#### `sign <secret> <message>`
*Sign a message with a secret.*
- `<secret>` - ethereum secret, 32 bytes long
- `<message>` - message to sign, 32 bytes long
```
ethkey sign 17d08f5fe8c77af811caa0c9a187e668ce3b74a99acc3f6d976f075fa8e0be55 bd50b7370c3f96733b31744c6c45079e7ae6c8d299613246d28ebcef507ec987
```
```
c1878cf60417151c766a712653d26ef350c8c75393458b7a9be715f053215af63dfd3b02c2ae65a8677917a8efa3172acb71cb90196e42106953ea0363c5aaf200
```
--
#### `verify public <public> <signature> <message>`
*Verify the signature.*
- `<public>` - ethereum public, 64 bytes long
- `<signature>` - message signature, 65 bytes long
- `<message>` - message, 32 bytes long
```
ethkey verify public 689268c0ff57a20cd299fa60d3fb374862aff565b20b5f1767906a99e6e09f3ff04ca2b2a5cd22f62941db103c0356df1a8ed20ce322cab2483db67685afd124 c1878cf60417151c766a712653d26ef350c8c75393458b7a9be715f053215af63dfd3b02c2ae65a8677917a8efa3172acb71cb90196e42106953ea0363c5aaf200 bd50b7370c3f96733b31744c6c45079e7ae6c8d299613246d28ebcef507ec987
```
```
true
```
--
#### `verify address <address> <signature> <message>`
*Verify the signature.*
- `<address>` - ethereum address, 20 bytes long
- `<signature>` - message signature, 65 bytes long
- `<message>` - message, 32 bytes long
```
ethkey verify address 689268c0ff57a20cd299fa60d3fb374862aff565b20b5f1767906a99e6e09f3ff04ca2b2a5cd22f62941db103c0356df1a8ed20ce322cab2483db67685afd124 c1878cf60417151c766a712653d26ef350c8c75393458b7a9be715f053215af63dfd3b02c2ae65a8677917a8efa3172acb71cb90196e42106953ea0363c5aaf200 bd50b7370c3f96733b31744c6c45079e7ae6c8d299613246d28ebcef507ec987
```
```
true
```
--
#### `recover <address> <known-phrase>`
*Try to recover an account given expected address and partial (too short or with invalid words) recovery phrase.*
- `<address>` - ethereum address, 20 bytes long
- `<known-phrase>` - known phrase, can be in a form of `thwarting * creamer`
```
RUST_LOG="info" ethkey recover "00cf3711cbd3a1512570639280758118ba0b2bcb" "thwarting scandal creamer nuzzle asparagus blast crouch trusting anytime elixir frenzied octag"
```
```
INFO:ethkey::brain_recover: Invalid word 'octag', looking for potential substitutions.
INFO:ethkey::brain_recover: Closest words: ["ocean", "octagon", "octane", "outage", "tag", "acting", "acts", "aorta", "cage", "chug"]
INFO:ethkey::brain_recover: Starting to test 7776 possible combinations.
thwarting scandal creamer nuzzle asparagus blast crouch trusting anytime elixir frenzied octagon
secret: 001ce488d50d2f7579dc190c4655f32918d505cee3de63bddc7101bc91c0c2f0
public: 4e19a5fdae82596e1485c69b687c9cc52b5078e5b0668ef3ce8543cd90e712cb00df822489bc1f1dcb3623538a54476c7b3def44e1a51dc174e86448b63f42d0
address: 00cf3711cbd3a1512570639280758118ba0b2bcb
```
## Parity Ethereum toolchain
_This project is a part of the Parity Ethereum toolchain._
- [evmbin](https://github.com/paritytech/parity-ethereum/blob/master/evmbin/) - EVM implementation for Parity Ethereum.
- [ethabi](https://github.com/paritytech/ethabi) - Parity Ethereum function calls encoding.
- [ethstore](https://github.com/paritytech/parity-ethereum/blob/master/accounts/ethstore) - Parity Ethereum key management.
- [ethkey](https://github.com/paritytech/parity-ethereum/blob/master/accounts/ethkey) - Parity Ethereum keys generator.
- [whisper](https://github.com/paritytech/parity-ethereum/blob/master/whisper/) - Implementation of Whisper-v2 PoC.