Cardano Addresses

Overview

This module provides mnemonic (backup phrase) creation, and conversion of a mnemonic to seed for wallet restoration, and address derivation functionalities.

Documentation

API documentation is available here.

Command-Line

cardano-address comes with a command-line interface for Linux. See the release artifacts or continuous integration artifacts to get a pre-compiled binary, or build a Docker image. The command-line is self explanatory by using --help on various commands and sub-commands.

💡 Most commands read argument from the standard input. This prevent sensitive information from appearing into your shell history and, makes it easy to pipe commands!

How to generate a recovery phrase (phrase.prv)

$ cardano-address recovery-phrase generate --size 15 > phrase.prv
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How to generate a root private key (root.xsk)

$ cardano-address key from-recovery-phrase Shelley < phrase.prv > root.xsk
root_xsk1hqzfzrgskgnpwskxxrv5khs7ess82ecy8za9l5ef7e0afd2849p3zryje8chk39nxtva0sww5me3pzkej4rvd5cae3q3v8eu7556n6pdrp4fdu8nsglynpmcppxxvfdyzdz5gfq3fefjepxhvqspmuyvmvqg8983

ℹ️ Notice the root_xsk prefix to identify a root extended signing (private) key.

How to generate a payment verification key (addr.xvk)

$ cardano-address key child 1852H/1815H/0H/0/0 < root.xsk | cardano-address key public --with-chain-code > addr.xvk
addr_xvk1grvg8qzmkmw2n0dm4pd0h3j4dv6yglyammyp733eyj629dc3z28v6wk22nfmru6xz0vl2s3y5xndyd57fu70hrt84c6zkvlwx6fdl7ct9j7yc

ℹ️ The last segment in the path is the key index and can be incremented up to 2^31-1 to derive more keys.

How to generate a stake verification key (stake.xvk)

$ cardano-address key child 1852H/1815H/0H/2/0 < root.xsk | cardano-address key public --with-chain-code > stake.xvk
stake_xvk1658atzttunamzn80204khrg0qfdk5nvmrutlmmpg7xlsyaggwa7h9z4smmeqsvs67qhyqmc2lqa0vy36rf2la74ym8a5p93zp4qtpuq6ky3ve

ℹ️ The last segment in the path is the key index and can be incremented up to 2^31-1 to derive more keys.

How to generate a script verification key (script.xvk)

$ cardano-address key child 1852H/1815H/0H/3/0 < root.xsk | cardano-address key public --with-chain-code > script.xvk
script_xvk1mg7xae48d7z4nntd35tey0jmclxaavwmk3kw2lkkt07p3s3x3yy45805manx2kj2neg40kfpy9em36vnkjfm4fw09k66837unrvd70qj75eg0

ℹ️ The last segment in the path is the key index and can be incremented up to 2^31-1 to derive more keys.

How to generate a payment address from a payment key (payment.addr)

$ cardano-address address payment --network-tag testnet < addr.xvk > payment.addr
addr_test1vp2fg770ddmqxxduasjsas39l5wwvwa04nj8ud95fde7f7guscp6v

How to generate a delegated payment address from a stake key (payment-delegated.addr)

$ cardano-address address delegation $(cat stake.xvk) < payment.addr > payment-delegated.addr
addr_test1qp2fg770ddmqxxduasjsas39l5wwvwa04nj8ud95fde7f70k6tew7wrnx0s4465nx05ajz890g44z0kx6a3gsnms4c4qq8ve0n

How to generate a stake address from a stake key (stake.addr)

$ cardano-address address stake --network-tag testnet < stake.xvk > stake.addr
stake_test1urmd9uh08pen8c26a2fn86weprjh52638mrdwc5gfac2u2s25zpat%

How to construct a multisig script hash (script.hash)

We consider script.1.xvk and script.2.xvk obtained like script.xvk but by replacing the final index by 1 and 2 respectively.

$ cardano-address script hash "all [$(cat script.1.xvk), $(cat script.2.xvk)]" > script.hash
script1qzzzlvn435jzdpm9dz5sk5helh6u2n5wa7g49m03sk4lzxhsxgt

This script requires the signature from both signing keys corresponding to script.1.xvk and script.2.xvk in order to be valid. Similarly, we could require only one of the two signatures:

$ cardano-address script hash "any [$(cat script.1.xvk), $(cat script.2.xvk)]" 
script19raudr366cluzcwjxu67v7w50dazvxc0xtyfjy99wvmd593squy

which is equivalent to:

$ cardano-address script hash "at_least 1 [$(cat script.1.xvk), $(cat script.2.xvk)]" 
script1dnt66jufkgx8rqxypxtz0hcrxs6hhayuj9cqh0eca82lcpwawd4

How to generate a payment script address from a script hash (script.addr)

$ cardano-address address payment --network-tag testnet < script.hash > script.addr
addr_test1wqqggtajwkxjgf58v452jz6jl87lt32w3mhez5hd7xz6hugp80tta

Docker Image

Build

$ docker build -t cardano-address .

Run

Use the auto-remove flag --rm when running commands.

$ docker run --rm cardano-address recovery-phrase generate --size 15
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Use the interactive flag -i when piping stdin

$ echo "addr1gqtnpvdhqrtpd4g424fcaq7k0ufuzyadt7djygf8qdyzevuph3wczvf2dwyx5u" | docker run --rm -i cardano-addresses address inspect
{
    "address_style": "Shelley",
    "stake_reference": "by pointer",
    "spending_key_hash": "1730b1b700d616d51555538e83d67f13c113ad5f9b22212703482cb3",
    "pointer": {
        "slot_num": 24157,
        "output_index": 42,
        "transaction_index": 177
    },
    "network_tag": 0
}

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome.

When creating a pull request, please make sure that your code adheres to our coding standards.

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