hal -- the Bitcoin companion

hal is a command line tool that provides all kinds of Bitcoin-related utilities.

Installation

$ cargo install --locked 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

• message

  • hash: get hashes of Bitcoin Signed Message
  • sign: sign a message using Bitcoin Signed Message
  • verify: verify a Bitcoin Signed Message
  • recover: recover the pubkey or address that signed a message

• 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: support for Elements sidechains like Liquid

Ideas:

• optional Trezor and Ledger integration