How to generate random word passphrase for Bitcoin wallet on Linux system

Objective

Generate random word passphrase for Bitcoin wallet on Linux system.

Operating System and Software Versions

Operating System: – Linux Distribution Agnostic

Requirements

Privileged access to your Linux system may be required to install wordlist file.

Difficulty

EASY

Conventions

# – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
$ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Instructions

Prerequisites

First, install prerequisites packages:

UBUNTU / DEBIAN
# apt install wamerican-small git

CENTOS / REDHAT:
# yum install words git

FEDORA:
# dnf install words git

Obtain bitcoin-passphrase-generator.sh

Use git to clone bitcoin-passphrase-generator git repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/linuxconfig/bitcoin-passphrase-generator.git
$ cd bitcoin-passphrase-generator/

Generate random Bitcoin passphrase

While in bitcoin-passphrase-generator directory, you can now execute the script to generate specified number of random keywords.

The script accepts a single argument which is used to determine the number of random words required to generate. For example:

Generate five random keywords:

$ ./bitcoin-passphrase-generator.sh 5
Generating a random word list from 62887 words:
squabble segregation massive hosannas novellas

Generate ten random keywords:

$ ./bitcoin-passphrase-generator.sh 10
Generating a random word list from 62887 words:
sodded suspenseful restructures drum barrage porpoises iced feels capitalizes battening