zecpaperwallet is a Zcash Sapling paper wallet generator that can run completely offline. You can run it on an air-gapped computer to generate your shielded z-addresses, which will allow you to keep your keys completely offline.
# Compiling
zecpaperwallet-cli is built with rust. To compile from source, you [install Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install). Basically, you need to:
# Download
zecpaperwallet is available as pre-built binaries from our [release page](https://github.com/adityapk00/zecpaperwallet/releases). Download the zip file for your platform, extract it and run the `./zecpaperwallet` binary.
# Generating wallets
To generate a zcash paper wallet, simply run `./zecpaperwallet`
You'll be asked to type some random characters that will add entropy to the random number generator. Run with `--help` to see all options
## Saving as PDFs
To generate a zcash paper wallet and save it as a PDF, run
`./zecpaperwallet -z 3 --format pdf zecpaper-output.pdf`
This will generate 3 shielded z-addresses and their corresponding private keys, and save them in a PDF file called `zecpaper-output.pdf`
# Compiling from Source
zecpaperwallet is built with rust. To compile from source, you [install Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install). Basically, you need to:
You'll be asked to type some random characters that will add entropy to the random number generator.
## Saving as PDFs
To generate a zcash paper wallet and save it as a PDF, run
`./target/release/zecpaperwallet -z 3 --format pdf zecpaper-output.pdf`
This will generate 3 shielded z-addresses and their corresponding private keys, and save them in a PDF file called `zecpaper-output.pdf`
The binary is available in the `target/release` folder.
## Run without network
If you are running a newish version of Linux, you can be doubly sure that the process is not contacting the network by running zecpaperwallet without the network namespace.
adityapk00
5 years ago