dcrseedgen

dcrseedgen is a desktop application that generates mnemonic seed and converts them into hex seeds for use in decred software.

Installation

Option 1: Get the binary

dcrseedgen has not been released yet. For now, you have to build from source

Option 2: Build from source

Step 1. Install Go

• Minimum supported version is 1.11.4. Installation instructions can be found here.
• Set $GOPATH environment variable and add $GOPATH/bin to your PATH environment variable as part of the go installation process.

Step 2. Clone this repo

It is conventional to clone to $GOPATH, but not necessary.

git clone https://github.com/raedahgroup/dcrseedgen $GOPATH/src/github.com/raedahgroup/dcrseedgen

Step 3. Build the source code

• If you cloned to $GOPATH, set the GO111MODULE=on environment variable before building. Run export GO111MODULE=on in terminal (for Mac/Linux) or setx GO111MODULE on in command prompt for Windows.
• cd to the cloned project directory and run go build or go install. Building will place the dcrseedgen binary in your working directory while install will place the binary in $GOPATH/bin.

Contributing

See the CONTRIBUTING.md file for details. Here's an overview:

1. Fork this repo to your github account
2. Before starting any work, ensure the master branch of your forked repo is even with this repo's master branch
3. Create a branch for your work (git checkout -b my-work master)
4. Write your codes
5. Commit and push to the newly created branch on your forked repo
6. Create a pull request from your new branch to this repo's master branch