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ethy.py
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This little script offers decryption and verification of the 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 key 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 mywallet.json # unlock the wallet and verify whether the
                                                # encrypted private key matches the address
    python ./ethy.py --show-key mywallet.json   # 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)
    python ./ethy.py --gen --with-key > mywallet.json  # generate a wallet with the given private key