I was looking for the easiest way to generate npub and nsec keys myself locally without a ton of dependencies. There wasn't a solution out there for Python so here we are. Currently planning on building upon this example and adding various features.
- On Debian/Ubuntu you might need to install
sudo apt install build-essential automake pkg-config libtool libffi-dev
to compile libsecp256k1.
- Python3 and what's in the requirements.txt file.
If you have multiple Python versions or are worried about dependency conflicts I recommend using a virtual environment.
python3 -m venv envname
source path/to/env/bin/activate
else:
pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 nostr_keygen.py
pyinstaller --add-data bech32:bech32 --add-binary _cffi_backend.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so:. --onefile nostr_keygen.py
The script will print out the npub and nsec address that is randomly generated as well as ascii qrcodes for mobile clients.
- Add import private key function
- Add CLI params for specific output
- Add a way to generate a specific number of key pairs
- Add support for NIP-05 via output of nostr.json via CLI param
Please send Satoshis so I can feed my plants