Hi all! I have seen a number of people having issues with the Public Alpha Guide over the past few weeks, so to make things easier I have written up some scripts that automate various parts of the guide (issue #502). They can be used as a very basic “wallet”. You can find them in the following branch (they will end up in the main repository once PR #772 is merged):
To use the scripts, you need to be in the base directory of the repository; that is, after building Zcash, simply run:
./zcutils/zc-create-address.sh
etc.
I would love to get some feedback on these scripts, both in terms of how usable they are, and how well the abstraction of Zcash-specific functionality is handled. While I can’t guarantee that the specific API provided by them will ever be used in a future proper wallet, it would be great if we can start getting some user feedback on how these concepts are presented
suggestion: update the zcash readme and public alpha guide with a link to these scripts so noobs like myself don’t feel compelled to re-invent the wheel.
This is my feedback of the wallet scripts. Thank you for making this.
Now I can mine and also can receive payment, so I want to try last part of Public Alpha Guide. It totally made me confuse about how to move coins from a transparent address to a protected address.
So I gave it try to use your wallet scripts. I am a totally beginner on Linux command lines. So please tell me if I am doing wrong. It will probably help beginners like me coming to join Zcash community in the near future.
Installation:
I didn’t know the command line to install the wallet scripts, so I just went to the github page, downloaded the zip file, and un-zipped. Then I copied and pasted the files to zcash folder on Ubantu GUI- I don’t think it is a good way to install them. Is there any better ways to install using command lines?
Creating address:
I could create zcash address easily.
Initially I copied and pasted the command above, but it didn’t work.
./zcutils/zc-create-address.sh
Then realized that it should be
./zcutil/zc-create-address.sh
Eg.
aliberalvoluntarist@aliberalvoluntarist-MacBookAir:~/zcash2$ zcutil/zc-create-address.sh
Making new Zcash address…
Address generated. In other commands, use address number 5 to use this address.
This was my goal today, but I am not sure it is working or not. I got some errors like below. Do I need to do anything before protecting coins?
aliberalvoluntarist@aliberalvoluntarist-MacBookAir:~/zcash2$ zcutil/zc-protect.sh 3 68f23e9f0e7ed694beac2909f6174bd8b84dddfaa52d50e108d0dce8667fc6cf
Total coins to protect:
Enter fee (default: 0.1): 0.1
File “”, line 1
0.1 >=
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Protecting transparent coins…
error: Error parsing JSON:[{“txid”:“”,“vout”:}]
error: Error parsing JSON:
error: {“code”:-8,“message”:“argument 1 must be hexadecimal string (not ‘’)”}
Sending transaction…
error: {“code”:-22,“message”:“TX decode failed”}
Coins protected in transaction .
You must wait for this transaction to enter a block before you can use your Zcash.
@aLiberalVoluntarist I don’t have any experience with those scripts. Maybe the author can help you. Or you can try the scripts I wrote. See link in my comment above.
