bx token new

Create an intermediate passphrase token for deferred encrypted key generation (BIP38).

$ bx token-new --help

Usage: bx token-new [-h] [--config VALUE] [--lot VALUE] [--sequence      
VALUE] PASSPHRASE [SALT]                                                 

Info: Create an intermediate passphrase token for deferred encrypted key 
generation (BIP38).                                                      

Options (named):

-c [--config]        The path to the configuration settings file.        
-h [--help]          Get a description and instructions for this command.
-l [--lot]           An arbitrary lot number, limited to 1048575.        
-s [--sequence]      An arbitrary sequence number, limited to 4095.      

Arguments (positional):

PASSPHRASE           The passphrase for encrypting the token.            
SALT                 The Base16 entropy for the new token. Must be at    
                     least 32 bits in length. Only the first 32 bits are 
                     used unless lot and sequence are zero or unspecified
                     and the salt is at least 64 bits, in which case 64  
                     bits are used and lot and sequence are not used.  If
                     not specified the key is read from STDIN.

Third party-generated encrypted private keys are referred to as multiplied by BIP-38. Use this command to generate tokens for use by a third party. To create non-multiplied encrypted public keys use ec-to-ek.

See also ek-new, ek-address and ek-public.

Example 1

lot 0, sequence 0 (i.e. defaults when salt is less than 64 bits)

$ bx token-new "my passphrase" baadf00d

passphrasecpXbDpHuo8F7yuZqR49koDA9uQojPijjjZaxsar7Woo9pfHJbeWF3VMU9EPBqJ

Example 2

--lot 7 --sequence 42

$ bx token-new -l 7 -s 42 "my passphrase" baadf00d

passphrasecpXbDpHuo8FGWy2zdpFXvmsu31YuLU5peBAqzJifHjeaHfePVW45ptrh3NqD3Z

Example 3

invalid salt

$ bx token-new "my passphrase" baadf0

The salt is less than 32 bits long.

Example 4

--lot 1048576 (invalid)

$ bx token-new -l 1048575 "my passphrase" baadf00d

The lot exceeds the maximum value of 1048575.

Example 5

--sequence 4096 (invalid)

$ bx token-new -s 4096 "my passphrase" baadf00d

The sequence exceeds the maximum value of 4095.

Example 6

piped input, --lot 7 --sequence 42

$ echo f6af40a01b79c95f | bx token-new -l 7 -s 42 "my passphrase"

f6af40a01b79c95f
passphraseeJe8PsbqqTpXKHHL5CupNg3hf396MFAHUeFf1k74zFs2pqxM9ARwjKLh4Px1sB

Example 7

demo unused salt bits (same result as previous example)

$ bx token-new -l 7 -s 42 "my passphrase" f6af40a01b79c95fef5e397eca05e27d7a3d1c35b01108db 

f6af40a01b79c95fef5e397eca05e27d7a3d1c35b01108db 
passphraseeJe8PsbqqTpXKHHL5CupNg3hf396MFAHUeFf1k74zFs2pqxM9ARwjKLh4Px1sB

Example 8

piped commands, no lot/sequence (default when salt at least 64 bits)

$ echo [user entropy] | bx token-new "my passphrase"

f6af40a01b79c95fef5e397eca05e27d7a3d1c35b01108db
passphraseryQXuRZZQ3Jw5rAT7m6MzxkGSSRmysq3Ayj9vuEHEnbVPJSmRQ2xYFKDKjGYrq