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eth.py
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This little script offers decryption and verification of some existing
Ethereum wallets, as well as generation of a new wallet. You can use any
utf-8 string as the password, which could provide with better security
against the brute-force attack.

Use at your own risk.

Feature
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- Decrypt the UTC JSON wallet and see the private key
- Run secp256k1 to make sure the private is intact and really corresponds to the wallet address
- Generate a wallet

Dependencies
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- pycrypto
- pysha3
- ecdsa

Install
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::

    git clone https://github.com/Determinant/ethy.py
    pip install --user ethy.py

Example
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::

    python ./ethy.py --verify-key # unlock the wallet and verify whether the
                                  # encrypted private key matches the address
    python ./ethy.py --show-key   # reveal the private key (secp256k1)

    python ./ethy.py --gen > mywallet.json         # generate a regular wallet (1s)
    python ./ethy.py --gen --light > mywallet.json # generate a wallet (fast)