chanerator

The chanerator generates a bitmessage stream 1 chan address on the command line.

usage

$ python chanerator.py passphrase

bash

If your OS has bash, add this to .bashrc to create a bash command:

alias chan='python2 ~/$PATH/chanerator.py'

$PATH should be replaced with the directory path to chanerator.py

then usage would be: $ chan passphrase

command line switches

-h, --help         show this help message and exit
-s, --stats        Show stats when complete
-i, --info         Show license and author info.
-l, --logo         Show logo and contact info.
--openssl=LIBRARY  Path of OpenSSL library to use

examples

$ python chanerator.py bitmessage
[BM-2cWy7cvHoq3f1rYMerRJp8PT653jjSuEdY]
label = [chan] bitmessage
enabled = true
decoy = false
chan = true
noncetrialsperbyte = 1000
payloadlengthextrabytes = 1000
privsigningkey = 5K42shDERM5g7Kbi3JT5vsAWpXMqRhWZpX835M2pdSoqQQpJMYm
privencryptionkey = 5HwugVWm31gnxtoYcvcK7oywH2ezYTh6Y4tzRxsndAeMi6NHqpA

./chanerator.py gonkulator
[BM-2cXMNfGh68WbH2Eh7c5zYj7j8Jt8rtBvcE]
label = [chan] gonkulator
enabled = true
decoy = false
chan = true
noncetrialsperbyte = 1000
payloadlengthextrabytes = 1000
privsigningkey = 5KXZprdQiFCtB3B8XE1n95BydrrZQ1gEN4VQMkoZRNxszxG7gek
privencryptionkey = 5JDEp25pdi5xRC9UnzNhdatkHSQHxn7McJqubcXTvTosr8hpFJq

with chanerator added to path:

$ chan hello
[BM-2cWhA72reAp1CBa8JmspqWRCdw93sDLgiS]
label = [chan] hello
enabled = true
decoy = false
chan = true
noncetrialsperbyte = 1000
payloadlengthextrabytes = 1000
privsigningkey = 5Kj4516zcKRQuzn8g5N4Pha7BGN9YtQVosAATxmQt1mpD1JUsZE
privencryptionkey = 5KE5Jzhv8geP4KJahkEBsuL5sSQsH7Fe1eDpui2FNWitYBrBkEC

with multiple names:

./chanerator.py beef "steak dinner"

[BM-2cUVjszE9Vt84xfJxgujgxncJraW4ARCP8]
label = [chan] beef
enabled = true
decoy = false
chan = true
noncetrialsperbyte = 1000
payloadlengthextrabytes = 1000
privsigningkey = 5K7Ayng38xDbXE8amEHsubbF3jdm1fwMaTjbUE37JZj2sYxmRwT
privencryptionkey = 5J1PvVEVM6ohjKm4HbGpPRr3MgTR96Wv44xKiFrMHXju1HsXGkc

[BM-2cSx6uMGrc71Dtaje9AsdnW9Si2UZ7WGAE]
label = [chan] steak dinner
enabled = true
decoy = false
chan = true
noncetrialsperbyte = 1000
payloadlengthextrabytes = 1000
privsigningkey = 5JEG37gmoNh9zr3Aytz494ohePF3v9LSQw2p3ew27R7kZiqbctw
privencryptionkey = 5JtzMgSqjGycHX6rBva67mqsZSsHwtKMEksTyThPJAwmxUJSsCS