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The document provides usage instructions for the 'pywallet.py' script, detailing various command-line options available for wallet management. Key functionalities include dumping wallet information, importing private keys, and recovering deleted keys. It also notes that the 'ecdsa' package is not installed, which affects message signing and verification capabilities.

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Informa

The document provides usage instructions for the 'pywallet.py' script, detailing various command-line options available for wallet management. Key functionalities include dumping wallet information, importing private keys, and recovering deleted keys. It also notes that the 'ecdsa' package is not installed, which affects message signing and verification capabilities.

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Warning: 'ecdsa' package is not installed, so you won't be able to sign/verify

messages but everything else will work fine


A mandatory option is missing

Usage: pywallet.py [options]

Options:
--version show program's version number and exit
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--dump_bip32=DUMP_BIP32
dump the keys from a xpriv and a path, usage:
--dump_bip32 xprv9s21ZrQH143K m/0H/1-2/2H/2-4
--bip32_format=BIP32_FORMAT
format of dumped bip32 keys
--passphrase=PASSPHRASE
passphrase for the encrypted wallet
--find_address=FIND_ADDRESS
find info about an address
-d, --dumpwallet dump wallet in json format
--dumpformat=DUMPFORMAT
choose what to extract in a wallet dump
--dumpwithbalance includes balance of each address in the json dump,
takes about 2 minutes per 100 addresses
--importprivkey=KEY import private key from vanitygen
--importhex DEPRECATED, useless
--datadir=DATADIR REMOVED OPTION: put full path in the --wallet option
-w WALLETFILE, --wallet=WALLETFILE
wallet filename (defaults to wallet.dat)
--label=LABEL label shown in the adress book (defaults to '')
--testnet use testnet subdirectory and address type
--namecoin use namecoin address type
--eth use ethereum address type
--otherversion=OTHERVERSION
use other network address type, either P2PKH prefix
only (e.g. 111) or full network info as
'name,p2pkh,p2sh,wif,segwithrp' (e.g. btc,0,0,0x80,bc)
--info display pubkey, privkey (both depending on the
network) and hexkey
--reserve import as a reserve key, i.e. it won't show in the
adress book
--multidelete=MULTIDELETE
deletes data in your wallet, according to the file
provided
--balance=KEY_BALANCE
prints balance of KEY_BALANCE
--recover recover your deleted keys, use with recov_size and
recov_device
--recov_device=RECOV_DEVICE
device to read (e.g. /dev/sda1 or E: or a file)
--recov_size=RECOV_SIZE
number of bytes to read (e.g. 20Mo or 50Gio)
--recov_outputdir=RECOV_OUTPUTDIR
output directory where the recovered wallet will be
put
--clone_watchonly_from=CLONE_WATCHONLY_FROM
path of the original wallet
--clone_watchonly_to=CLONE_WATCHONLY_TO
path of the resulting watch-only wallet
--dont_check_walletversion
don't check if wallet version > 81000 before running
(WARNING: this may break your wallet, be sure you know
what you do)
--random_key print info of a randomly generated private key
--whitepaper write the Bitcoin whitepaper using bitcoin-cli or
blockchain.info
--minimal_encrypted_copy
write a copy of an encrypted wallet with only an empty
address, *should* be safe to share when needing help
bruteforcing the password
--tests run tests

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