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OpenSSL commands to create a Bitcoin private/public keys from a ECDSA keypair
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generate-bitcoin-keys.sh
#!/bin/sh
PRIVATE_KEY="ECDSA"
PUBLIC_KEY="ECDSA.pub"
BITCOIN_PRIVATE_KEY="bitcoin"
BITCOIN_PUBLIC_KEY="bitcoin.pub"
echo "Generating private key"
openssl ecparam -genkey -name secp256k1 -rand /dev/random -out $PRIVATE_KEY
echo "Generating public key"
openssl ec -in $PRIVATE_KEY -pubout -out $PUBLIC_KEY
echo "Generating Bitcoin private key"
openssl ec -in $PRIVATE_KEY -outform DER|tail -c +8|head -c 32|xxd -p -c 32 > $BITCOIN_PRIVATE_KEY
echo "Generating Bitcoin public key"
openssl ec -in $PRIVATE_KEY -pubout -outform DER|tail -c 65|xxd -p -c 65 > $BITCOIN_PUBLIC_KEY
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how to hack bitcoin

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Hi,I want to generate a password with bitcoin hash string.Is there any openssl script or command that I can use in the terminal for this.Thank you in advance for your help.

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