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gallactic key

gallactic key is a simple command-line tool to work with gallactic key files.

Usage

gallactic key generate

Generate new key file. This key file is encrypted with the password you provide while creating a new account. You can specify the address type as 'ac' for account address and 'va' for validator address (By default account address will be created)

Example:

gallactic key generate
gallactic key generate -t va

gallactic key inspect KEYFILE

Print various information about the given key file. Private key information can be printed using the -e flag. make sure you use this feature with great caution.

Example:

gallactic key inspect ~/gallactic/keystore/acLjwzaYPc8Nmbj5AKp2vMp3GQoGfHg1t3A.json
gallactic key inspect ~/gallactic/keystore/acLjwzaYPc8Nmbj5AKp2vMp3GQoGfHg1t3A.json -e

gallactic key sign <file/message> <privatekey/keyfile>

Signs the message with the private key. User can directly specify the private key to sign the message or specify the a key file and password to decrypt the private key and sign the message.

Example:

gallactic key sign -m hello -k ~/gallactic/keystore/acLjwzaYPc8Nmbj5AKp2vMp3GQoGfHg1t3A.json

gallactic key verify PUBLICKEY SIGNATURE <file/message>

Verify the signature of a message.

Example:

gallactic key verify pkwgaQWBM3oJ5mw2n4UT56teJqGX8jCie5UWiNKdHwXTPGiRWy3 94f32a20f649215d0f983ae1f6a6bde1cd49180bf24261385936e82c5fa54e830a489b80d718b1d470b19e35376b39286ccb72f8f8746fe7d728398951a8750a -m hello

gallactic key change-auth KEYFILE

Change the password of the key file which is used for encryption and decryption.

Example:

gallactic key change-auth ~/gallactic/keystore/acLjwzaYPc8Nmbj5AKp2vMp3GQoGfHg1t3A.json

Documentation

Index

• func ChangeAuth() func(c *cli.Cmd)
• func Generate() func(c *cli.Cmd)
• func Inspect() func(c *cli.Cmd)
• func Sign() func(c *cli.Cmd)
• func Verify() func(c *cli.Cmd)

Functions

func ChangeAuth

func ChangeAuth() func(c *cli.Cmd)

ChangeAuth changes the passphrase of the key file

func Generate

func Generate() func(c *cli.Cmd)

Generate creates a new account and stores the keyfile in the disk

func Inspect

func Inspect() func(c *cli.Cmd)

Inspect displays various information of the keyfile

func Sign

func Sign() func(c *cli.Cmd)

Sign the message with the private key and returns the signature hash

func Verify

func Verify() func(c *cli.Cmd)

Verify the signature of the signed message