Address Command Line Guide

Bursa Command Line Guide for Working with Cardano Addresses.

Address

Bursa can be used to generate Cardano wallet addresses from a payment verification key through the build command. Bursa can also be used to parse out addresses and display its components using info.

Bursa supports all CIP-0019 address types:

• Base addresses (payment + stake credentials)
• Enterprise addresses (payment only)
• Pointer addresses (payment + stake pointer)
• Reward addresses (stake only)
• Byron/Bootstrap addresses (legacy)

Address Build

• Base addresses (payment + stake credentials)

./bursa address build --payment-key addr_vk1... --stake-key stake_vk1... --network mainnet

• Enterprise addresses (payment only) Enterprise addresses contain only a payment credential and no stake credential. They are useful for simple payments without staking delegation.

./bursa address build --payment-key addr_vk1... --network mainnet --type enterprise

• Reward addresses (stake only)

./bursa address build --stake-key stake_vk1... --network mainnet --type reward

Address Info

We can use the address info command to display information about a Cardano address. Credentials are displayed in both bech32 and hex formats.

• Base Address Example:

./bursa address info addr1qx2fxv2umyhttkxyxp8x0dlpdt3k6cwng5pxj3jhsydzer...

• Stake Address Example:

./bursa address info stake1uy9ggsc9qls4pu46g9...

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Bursa Command Categories

1. wallet   - Commands for generating wallet and the files needed to manage a Cardano wallet
2. api     - Commands for running API
3. cert    - Commands for generating various Cardano certificates
4. hash     - Commands for generating cryptographic hashes used in Cardano
5. script    - Commands for multi-signature operations
6. address - Commands for working with Cardano addresses
7. key     - Commands for deriving individual keys from a mnemonic

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