hal -- the Bitcoin companion
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hal is a command line tool that provides all kinds of Bitcoin-related utilities.
# Installation
```
$ cargo install hal
```
# Summary of commands:
- address
- inspect: get information about addresses
- create: create addresses using public keys or scripts
- bech32
- decode: parse the elements of the Bech32 format
- encode: encode data in the Bech32 format
- bip32
- derive: derive keys and addresses from extended keys
- inspect: inspect a BIP-32 xpub or xpriv
- bip39
- generate: generate a new BIP-39 mnemonic
- get-seed: get the seed value and BIP-32 master key for a given BIP-39 mnemonic
- block
- create: create a binary block from JSON
- decode: decode a binary block to JSON
- key
- generate: generate a random keypair
- inspect: inspect private keys
- verify: verify signatures
- ln
- invoice
- decode: decode Lightning invoices
- psbt
- create: create a PSBT from a raw unsigned transaction
- decode: decode a PSBT to JSON
- edit: edit a PSBT inline
- finalize: finalize a PSBT into a fully signed transaction
- merge: merge multiple PSBTs into one
- script
- decode: decode a PSBT to JSON
- coming soon: script descriptor support
- tx
- create: create a binary transaction from JSON
- decode: decode a binary transaction to JSON
# Extensions
hal allows the use of extensions that can be installed separately.
## Known extensions:
- [hal-elements](https://github.com/stevenroose/hal-elements/): support for Elements sidechains like Liquid
## Ideas:
- (extended) private key generation
- optional [Trezor](https://github.com/stevenroose/rust-trezor-api/) and Ledger integration