separate create and restore; allow user to create a wallet when offline

client/electrum

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from decimal import Decimal
 from wallet import format_satoshis
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    known_commands = ['help', 'validateaddress', 'balance', 'contacts', 'create', 'payto', 'sendtx', 'password', 'newaddress', 'addresses', 'history', 'label', 'mktx','seed','import','signmessage','verifymessage','eval', 'gtk','qt']
+    known_commands = ['help', 'validateaddress', 'balance', 'contacts', 'create', 'restore', 'payto', 'sendtx', 'password', 'addresses', 'history', 'label', 'mktx','seed','import','signmessage','verifymessage','eval', 'gtk','qt']
 
     usage = "usage: %prog [options] command args\nCommands: "+ (', '.join(known_commands))
 
@@ -88,12 +88,13 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if cmd not in known_commands:
         cmd = 'help'
 
-    if not wallet.read() and cmd not in ['help','create']:
+    if not wallet.read() and cmd not in ['help','create','restore']:
         print "Wallet file not found."
         print "Type 'electrum.py create' to create a new wallet, or provide a path to a wallet with the -d option"
         sys.exit(0)
     
-    if cmd == 'create':
+    if cmd in ['create', 'restore']:
+        import mnemonic
         if wallet.read():
             print "remove the existing wallet first!"
             sys.exit(0)
@@ -110,27 +111,38 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         port = raw_input("port (default:%d):"%interface.port)
         fee = raw_input("fee (default:%s):"%( str(Decimal(wallet.fee)/100000000)) )
         gap = raw_input("gap limit (default 5):")
-        if fee: wallet.fee = float(fee)
         if host: interface.host = host
         if port: interface.port = int(port)
+        if fee: wallet.fee = float(fee)
         if gap: wallet.gap_limit = int(gap)
-        seed = raw_input("if you are restoring an existing wallet, enter the seed. otherwise just press enter: ")
+
-        if seed:
+        if cmd == 'restore':
-            wallet.seed = seed
+            seed = raw_input("seed:")
+            try:
+                seed.decode('hex')
+            except:
+                print "not hex, trying decode"
+                seed = mnemonic.mn_decode( seed.split(' ') )
+            if not seed:
+                print "no seed"
+                sys.exit(1)
+
+            wallet.seed = str(seed)
             print "recovering wallet..."
+            wallet.init_mpk( wallet.seed ) # not encrypted at this point
             wallet.synchronize()
             if wallet.is_found():
                 wallet.fill_addressbook()
                 wallet.save()
                 print "recovery successful"
             else:
-                print "no wallet found"
+                print "found no history for this wallet"
         else:
             wallet.new_seed(None)
-            print "Your seed is", wallet.seed
+            print "Your wallet generation seed is: " + wallet.seed
-            print "Please store it safely"
+            print "Please keep it in a safe place; if you lose it, you will not be able to restore your wallet."
-            # generate first key
+            print "Equivalently, your wallet seed can be stored and recovered with the following mnemonic code:"
-            wallet.synchronize()
+            print "\""+' '.join(mnemonic.mn_encode(wallet.seed))+"\""
 
     # check syntax
     if cmd in ['payto', 'mktx']:
@@ -197,8 +209,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             print "broadcast a transaction to the network. <tx> must be in hexadecimal"
         elif cmd2 == 'password':
             print "change your password"
-        elif cmd2 == 'newaddress':
-            print "create a new receiving address. password is needed."
         elif cmd2 == 'addresses':
             print "show your list of addresses. options: -a, -k, -b"
         elif cmd2 == 'history':
@@ -350,10 +360,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         r, h = wallet.sendtx( tx )
         print h
 
-    elif cmd == 'newaddress':
-        s, a = wallet.get_new_address()
-        print a
-
     elif cmd == 'password':
         try:
             seed = wallet.pw_decode( wallet.seed, password)

client/wallet.py

@@ -303,6 +303,12 @@ class Wallet:
         # encrypt
         self.seed = self.pw_encode( seed, password )
 
+        # create addresses
+        self.create_new_address_without_history(True)
+        for i in range(self.gap_limit):
+            self.create_new_address_without_history(False)
+
+
     def init_mpk(self,seed):
         # public key
         curve = SECP256k1
@@ -418,7 +424,7 @@ class Wallet:
             raise BaseException("Bad signature")
     
 
-    def create_new_address(self, for_change):
+    def create_new_address_without_history(self, for_change):
         """   Publickey(type,n) = Master_public_key + H(n|S|type)*point  """
         curve = SECP256k1
         n = len(self.change_addresses) if for_change else len(self.addresses)
@@ -432,8 +438,14 @@ class Wallet:
         else:
             self.addresses.append(address)
 
-        # updates
+        self.history[address] = []
+        self.status[address] = None
         print address
+        return address
+
+
+    def create_new_address(self, bool):
+        address = self.create_new_address_without_history(bool)
         self.history[address] = h = self.interface.retrieve_history(address)
         self.status[address] = h[-1]['blk_hash'] if h else None
         return address