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How to Encrypt a Wallet Seed
Eric Voskuil edited this page Sep 15, 2015
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Create a new HD key.
$ bx seed -b 256 | bx hd-newc82425d18a88ea6c5a92d06bc4ee26bfaf1b8782e7c0537544ae6dd40bb5083b
xprv9s21ZrQH143K4EdfsuwWHdxaGgcwGkTB1f71fbzJNfJma1Xga5XE3LqYxXKkwJJLevsp16iDRyk35MwvmKEEyyqLkHQVziTNs6VtPr1xGM8
Encrypt the seed (using a stronger passphrase).
$ bx ec-to-ek "my passphrase" c82425d18a88ea6c5a92d06bc4ee26bfaf1b8782e7c0537544ae6dd40bb5083b6PYVupXn6GTGVxpdVgamwbnTzh8hNAswxDeAhUc5ufTCRu8KZgjoSQEqSN
Verify your ability to recover the HD key.
$ bx ek-to-ec "my passphrase" 6PYVj8maQYA95fREvtpgBMFtbi7U2T1B85zyjmEPqC7MknXowoV7yKzHXL | bx hd-newxprv9s21ZrQH143K2uNeWu3crjqwic1ocvMMwRSypQyMDTk4yQedZv8zkBVUeq2gztk2HQCAvqNLhUfcHhbD1RGFQ1TTqDSWfTLW4qkxsPMdjNG
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