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# enid keys add

```ansi
Derive a new private key and encrypt to disk.
Optionally specify a BIP39 mnemonic, a BIP39 passphrase to further secure the mnemonic,
and a bip32 HD path to derive a specific account. The key will be stored under the given name
and encrypted with the given password. The only input that is required is the encryption password.

If run with -i, it will prompt the user for BIP44 path, BIP39 mnemonic, and passphrase.
The flag --recover allows one to recover a key from a seed passphrase.
If run with --dry-run, a key would be generated (or recovered) but not stored to the
local keystore.
Use the --pubkey flag to add arbitrary public keys to the keystore for constructing
multisig transactions.

You can create and store a multisig key by passing the list of key names stored in a keyring
and the minimum number of signatures required through --multisig-threshold. The keys are
sorted by address, unless the flag --nosort is set.
Example:

    keys add mymultisig --multisig "keyname1,keyname2,keyname3" --multisig-threshold 2

Usage:
  enid keys add <name> [flags]

Flags:
      --account uint32           Account number for HD derivation
      --algo string              Key signing algorithm to generate keys for (default "secp256k1")
      --coin-type uint32         coin type number for HD derivation (default 118)
      --dry-run                  Perform action, but don't add key to local keystore
      --hd-path string           Manual HD Path derivation (overrides BIP44 config)
  -h, --help                     help for add
      --index uint32             Address index number for HD derivation
  -i, --interactive              Interactively prompt user for BIP39 passphrase and mnemonic
      --ledger                   Store a local reference to a private key on a Ledger device
      --multisig strings         List of key names stored in keyring to construct a public legacy multisig key
      --multisig-threshold int   K out of N required signatures. For use in conjunction with --multisig (default 1)
      --no-backup                Don't print out seed phrase (if others are watching the terminal)
      --nosort                   Keys passed to --multisig are taken in the order they're supplied
      --pubkey string            Parse a public key in JSON format and saves key info to <name> file.
      --recover                  Provide seed phrase to recover existing key instead of creating

Global Flags:
      --home string              The application home directory (default "~/.eni")
      --keyring-backend string   Select keyring's backend (os|file|test) (default "os")
      --keyring-dir string       The client Keyring directory; if omitted, the default 'home' directory will be used
      --log_format string        The logging format (json|plain)
      --log_level string         The logging level (trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|panic)
      --output string            Output format (text|json) (default "text")
      --trace                    print out full stack trace on errors

```


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