Command Line Wallet

Manage wallets from commandline. Allows you to

  • Show wallets and wallet info

  • Create single and multi signature wallets

  • Delete wallets

  • Generate receive addresses

  • Create transactions

  • Import and export transactions

  • Sign transactions with available private keys

  • Broadcast transaction to the network

The Command Line wallet Script can be found in the tools directory. If you call the script without arguments it will show all available wallets.

Specify a wallet name or wallet ID to show more information about a wallet. If you specify a wallet which doesn’t exists the script will ask you if you want to create a new wallet.

Create wallet

To create a wallet just specify an unused wallet name:

$ clw mywallet
Command Line Wallet for BitcoinLib

Wallet mywallet does not exist, create new wallet [yN]? y

CREATE wallet 'mywallet' (bitcoin network)

Your mnemonic private key sentence is: mutual run dynamic armed brown meadow height elbow citizen put industry work

Please write down on paper and backup. With this key you can restore your wallet and all keys

Type 'yes' if you understood and wrote down your key: yes
Updating wallet

Generate / show receive addresses

To show an unused address to receive funds use the -r or –receive option. If you want to show QR codes on the commandline install the pyqrcode module.

$ clw mywallet -r
Command Line Wallet for BitcoinLib

Receive address is 1JMKBiiDMdjTx6rfqGumALvcRMX6DQNeG1

Send funds / create transaction

To send funds use the -t option followed by the address and amount. You can also repeat this to send to multiple addresses.

A manual fee can be entered with the -f / –fee option.

The default behavior is to just show the transaction info and raw transaction. You can push this to the network with a 3rd party. Use the -p / –push option to push the transaction to the network.

$ clw -d dbtest mywallet -t 1FpBBJ2E9w9nqxHUAtQME8X4wGeAKBsKwZ 10000

Restore wallet with passphrase

To restore or create a wallet with a passphrase use new wallet name and the –passphrase option. If it’s an old wallet you can recreate and scan it with the -s option. This will create new addresses and update unspend outputs.

$ clw mywallet --passphrase "mutual run dynamic armed brown meadow height elbow citizen put industry work"
$ clw mywallet -s

Options Overview

Command Line Wallet for BitcoinLib

usage: clw.py [-h] [--wallet-remove] [--list-wallets] [--wallet-info]
                   [--update-utxos] [--update-transactions]
                   [--wallet-recreate] [--receive [NUMBER_OF_ADDRESSES]]
                   [--generate-key] [--export-private]
                   [--passphrase [PASSPHRASE [PASSPHRASE ...]]]
                   [--passphrase-strength PASSPHRASE_STRENGTH]
                   [--network NETWORK] [--database DATABASE]
                   [--create-from-key KEY]
                   [--create-multisig [NUMBER_OF_SIGNATURES_REQUIRED [KEYS ...]]]
                   [--create-transaction [ADDRESS_1 [AMOUNT_1 ...]]]
                   [--sweep ADDRESS] [--fee FEE] [--fee-per-kb FEE_PER_KB]
                   [--push] [--import-tx TRANSACTION]
                   [--import-tx-file FILENAME_TRANSACTION]
                   [wallet_name]

BitcoinLib CLI

positional arguments:
  wallet_name           Name of wallet to create or open. Used to store your
                        all your wallet keys and will be printed on each paper
                        wallet

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

Wallet Actions:
  --wallet-remove       Name or ID of wallet to remove, all keys and
                        transactions will be deleted
  --list-wallets, -l    List all known wallets in BitcoinLib database
  --wallet-info, -w     Show wallet information
  --update-utxos, -x    Update unspent transaction outputs (UTXO's) for this
                        wallet
  --update-transactions, -u
                        Update all transactions and UTXO's for this wallet
  --wallet-recreate, -z
                        Delete all keys and transactions and recreate wallet,
                        except for the masterkey(s). Use when updating fails
                        or other errors occur. Please backup your database and
                        masterkeys first.
  --receive [COSIGNER_ID], -r [COSIGNER_ID]
                        Show unused address to receive funds. Generate new
                        payment and change addresses if no unused addresses are
                        available.
  --generate-key, -k    Generate a new masterkey, and show passphrase, WIF and
                        public account key. Use to create multisig wallet
  --export-private, -e  Export private key for this wallet and exit

Wallet Setup:
  --passphrase [PASSPHRASE [PASSPHRASE ...]]
                        Passphrase to recover or create a wallet. Usually 12
                        or 24 words
  --passphrase-strength PASSPHRASE_STRENGTH
                        Number of bits for passphrase key. Default is 128,
                        lower is not adviced but can be used for testing. Set
                        to 256 bits for more future proof passphrases
  --network NETWORK, -n NETWORK
                        Specify 'bitcoin', 'litecoin', 'testnet' or other
                        supported network
  --database DATABASE, -d DATABASE
                        Name of specific database file to use
  --create-from-key KEY, -c KEY
                        Create a new wallet from specified key
  --create-multisig [NUMBER_OF_SIGNATURES_REQUIRED [KEYS ...]], -m [NUMBER_OF_SIGNATURES_REQUIRED [KEYS ...]]
                        Specificy number of signatures required followed by a
                        list of signatures. Example: -m 2 tprv8ZgxMBicQKsPd1Q4
                        4tfDiZC98iYouKRC2CzjT3HGt1yYw2zuX2awTotzGAZQEAU9bi2M5M
                        Cj8iedP9MREPjUgpDEBwBgGi2C8eK5zNYeiX8 tprv8ZgxMBicQKsP
                        eUbMS6kswJc11zgVEXUnUZuGo3bF6bBrAg1ieFfUdPc9UHqbD5HcXi
                        zThrcKike1c4z6xHrz6MWGwy8L6YKVbgJMeQHdWDp

Transactions:
  --create-transaction [ADDRESS_1 [AMOUNT_1 ...]], -t [ADDRESS_1 [AMOUNT_1 ...]]
                        Create transaction. Specify address followed by
                        amount. Repeat for multiple outputs
  --sweep ADDRESS       Sweep wallet, transfer all funds to specified address
  --fee FEE, -f FEE     Transaction fee
  --fee-per-kb FEE_PER_KB
                        Transaction fee in sathosis (or smallest denominator)
                        per kilobyte
  --push, -p            Push created transaction to the network
  --import-tx TRANSACTION, -i TRANSACTION
                        Import raw transaction hash or transaction dictionary
                        in wallet and sign it with available key(s)
  --import-tx-file FILENAME_TRANSACTION, -a FILENAME_TRANSACTION
                        Import transaction dictionary or raw transaction
                        string from specified filename and sign it with
                        available key(s)