bx seed

Generate a pseudorandom seed.

WARNING: Pseudorandom seeding can introduce cryptographic weakness into your keys. This command is provided as a convenience.

$ bx seed --help

Usage: bx seed [-h] [--bit_length VALUE] [--config VALUE]                

Info: Generate a pseudorandom seed.                                      

Options (named):

-b [--bit_length]    The length of the seed in bits. Must be divisible by
                     8 and must not be less than 128, defaults to 192.   
-c [--config]        The path to the configuration settings file.        
-h [--help]          Get a description and instructions for this command.

Example 1

192 bit seed

$ bx seed

d915107990a42dfb2ea5762729002d47a4748e0f24aceb61

Example 2

1024 bit seed

$ bx seed -b 1024

273a08cab80ec0326e315b1fe800b63556e3257571cb3d72cf4efc26926b9b73f8808d9cae65b2ba48a19417426a147905fe260338acf7d5f0a214557b440a9e7fb4c344f0867f44cb042b4e434820b9c6f338a136ca120a4324ae717c8f483813a8fbf3854117bd9a37b94811cc51a616a0a534ecb7acabcacc7993252f2c39

Example 3

short seed error

$ bx seed -b 32

The seed size is not supported.