# Simple "wallet" scripts **URL:** \ **Category:** zcashd client\ **Created:** [March 10, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/simple-wallet-scripts/395 "2016-03-10T19:02:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![str4d](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/str4d/32/64_2.png) [@str4d](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/str4d)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/simple-wallet-scripts/395/1 "2016-03-10T19:02:13Z")
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](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/issues/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](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/772) is merged): > **[GitHub - str4d/zcash at zc-ui-utils](https://github.com/str4d/zcash/tree/zc-ui-utils)** > > zc-ui-utils To use the scripts, you need to be in the base directory of the repository; that is, after building Zcash, simply run: ```auto ./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 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![danda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@danda](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/danda)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/simple-wallet-scripts/395/2 "2016-04-12T05:23:48Z")
ha! I wish I had seen this post sooner. I went ahead and created my own script to protect the coins. here: [GitHub - dan-da/zcash-util: zcash utiltiies](https://github.com/dan-da/zcash-util) I wouldn’t have bothered if I had found your scripts first. But at least it was a fun exercise. I see you have a script for finding the balance. nice! I was wondering how to do that. I have tried running it yet, but calling zcrawreceive in a loop looks slow… ---
**Author:** ![danda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@danda](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/danda)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/simple-wallet-scripts/395/3 "2016-04-12T05:24:51Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![aLiberalVoluntarist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@aLiberalVoluntarist](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/aLiberalVoluntarist)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/simple-wallet-scripts/395/4 "2016-04-28T20:44:01Z")
Str4d, 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? ---
**Author:** ![aLiberalVoluntarist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@aLiberalVoluntarist](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/aLiberalVoluntarist)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/simple-wallet-scripts/395/5 "2016-04-28T20:44:55Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![aLiberalVoluntarist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@aLiberalVoluntarist](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/aLiberalVoluntarist)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/simple-wallet-scripts/395/6 "2016-04-28T20:55:17Z")
To see the zcash addresses: This command worked. aliberalvoluntarist@aliberalvoluntarist-MacBookAir:~/zcash2$ zcutil/zc-list-addresses.sh 1: 20793adaeb47b898596d2b817c0c756f3d0b144cf9232da310a80937020c5a2e27fd3401308201303081e906072a8648ce3d02013081dd020101302c06072a8648ce3d0101022100ffffffff00000001000000000000000 ---
**Author:** ![aLiberalVoluntarist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@aLiberalVoluntarist](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/aLiberalVoluntarist)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/simple-wallet-scripts/395/7 "2016-04-28T21:03:56Z")
Protecting coins: 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. ---
**Author:** ![danda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@danda](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/danda)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/simple-wallet-scripts/395/8 "2016-04-30T19:10:15Z")
@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.