Understand the project
Practical overview
When it fits
Use it when you want to generate wallet credentials in an offline terminal session and can manage the resulting printed or saved output.
Who it is for
- People comfortable using a terminal and Node.js who want to generate Bitcoin or Ethereum wallet credentials offline.
- Bitcoin users who want SegWit support or a text-file output option.
Documented uses
- Generate a Bitcoin wallet, including a SegWit wallet.
- Generate an Ethereum wallet.
- Print wallet output for paper storage or redirect Bitcoin output to a text file.
- Use the password-prompted BIP38 wallet-generation script.
Before you choose
Requirements & limits
- Setup is documented through Git, npm and Node.js commands.
- Bitcoin and Ethereum use separate scripts.
- SegWit is documented for Bitcoin; the README does not make that claim for Ethereum.
- The README describes password encryption with BIP38 and a password-prompted script.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Source-based practical guide
Set up CLI Cold Wallet
Clone the repository and install its npm dependencies before using its wallet-generation scripts.
Before you start
- Git
- npm
- Node.js for running the documented scripts
Steps
Clone the cli-cold-wallet repository.
Change into the cloned cli-cold-wallet directory.
Run npm install.
Expected outcome
The repository and its npm dependencies are prepared for the documented Node.js commands.
Guide limitations
- These steps cover setup only; they do not verify successful installation or wallet generation.
Evidence and transparency
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 18 October 2026
- Original website title
- Overtorment/cli-cold-wallet · Official homepage title · retained in its source language