iota-cli-paper-wallet

CLI for generating IOTA paper wallets

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Support

• OS X
• Linux
• Windows

Installation

1. Install Node.js

2 npm install -g iota-cli-paper-wallet

2.1 Windows users please make sure Python is installed and availabe in PATH

Usage

iota-cli-paper-wallet [options]

Options:

-V, --version                      output the version number
-i, --index [index]                Index of the generated address
-s, --seed [seed]                  An optional seed for the paper wallet
-l, --security-level [1, 2, 3]     Security level of the generated address
-d, --discret                      Do not create qr codes
-q, --qr-error-level [L, M, Q, H]  Error correction level for the qr codes
-o, --output                       Display the options used for address and qr generation
-h, --help                         output usage information

Save as file

iota-cli-paper-wallet > paper_wallet.txt

This file can be printed from your browser or any editor which supports the fonts for the qr codes.

Secure offline paper wallet generation

Prerequisites

• Download latest Node.js binaries from https://nodejs.org/en/ or via wget with

  wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.9.3/node-v8.9.3-linux-x64.tar.xz

• Download latest iota-cli-paper-wallet release bundle (e.g. iota-cli-paper-wallet-1.0.16.tgz) from https://github.com/looploooop/iota-cli-paper-wallet/releases

• Copy both to an usb stick

1. Run live ubuntu from USB or DVD

2. Install node js and iota-cli-paper-wallet from usb stick

sudo tar -xf node-v8.9.3-linux-x64.tar.xz --directory /usr/local --strip-components 1

sudo npm i -g iota-cli-paper-wallet-1.0.16.tgz

2.1 Optional verify the checksum of iota-cli-paper-wallet.tgz

sha256sum iota-cli-paper-wallet-1.0.16.tgz

Make sure the output equals the checksum provided with the release bundle

3. Run the following command and create a secure paper wallet :cop:

iota-cli-paper-wallet

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