Skip to main content

keygen

Usage: chr keygen [OPTIONS]

  Generates public/private key pair

╭─ Options ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│  -m, --mnemonic=TEXT         Mnemonic word list, words separated by space,  │
│                              e.g: "lift employ roast rotate liar holiday sun│
│                              fever output magnet...""                       │
│  -s, --save=PATH             File to save the generated keypair in          │
│  -dr, --deprecated-recovery  Used to recover keys from Mnemonic generated   │
│                              before version 0.13.2, will be removed in the  │
│                              future                                         │
│  -h, --help                  Show this message and exit                     │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

The keygen command (chr keygen) generates a public and private key pair.

  • Saves the key pair in a file named .secret.
chr keygen --save .secret
  • Generates a key pair from a mnemonic phrase and saves it to a file named .secret.
chr keygen --save .secret --mnemonic "march aspect pizza treat ..."