Bitcoin core hd wallet from mnemonic

To have a way of (re-)creating Bitcoin Core wallets out of a word list I wrote a bash script.

https://github.com/tekbe/wallet-tools

How it works:

Bitcoin Core allows you to create a deterministic wallet from a seed
Bitcoin Explorer allows you create such seeds from a word list

This can basically be done with two lines in the terminal:

Code:

$ echo "my random and secret word list" | bx mnemonic-to-seed | bx hd-new | bx hd-to-ec | bx ec-to-wif
L26zbMQRXyhUaaHcTQ13mzHWBauMPsG2qrmZQHx5QpYmMMFkhcWn
$ bitcoin-cli sethdseed true "L26zbMQRXyhUaaHcTQ13mzHWBauMPsG2qrmZQHx5QpYmMMFkhcWn"

A random word list can also be created with Bitcoin Explorer:

Code:

$ bx seed | bx mnemonic-new
sadness arrow artefact expect office carry fatal tape radar ladder dirt hawk echo bone exile uphold topple local

The script provides some extra convenience. Hope it's useful.