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diff --git a/contrib/wallettools/README.md b/contrib/wallettools/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3a71ba1436 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/wallettools/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +### Wallet Tools ### +These are two simple python scripts which send the appropriate RPC commands to unlock a wallet and change a wallet password. **They are intended to prevent users from having to enter their password as a command-line argument which could then be stored in the console buffer/history in plaintext.** + +Both tools rely on bitcoin/bitcoind running with `server=1` and an `rpcuser` and `rpcpassword` set in `bitcoin.conf`. They can be easily modified for non-standard ports. [walletunlock.py](/contrib/wallettools/walletunlock.py) unlocks the wallet for 60 seconds by default, changeable in code, and both modules rely upon python-json-rpc. |