bitpay · kajoseph · May 26, 2026 · May 27, 2026 · May 27, 2026 · May 27, 2026
diff --git a/packages/bitcore-cli/package.json b/packages/bitcore-cli/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "bin": {
-    "wallet": "./bin/wallet"
+    "bitcore-cli": "./bin/wallet"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "npm run compile && node copyTestWallets && mocha --exit 'build/test/**/*.js'",

diff --git a/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/create/createMultiSig.ts b/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/create/createMultiSig.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export async function createMultiSigWallet(
 
   const copayerName = await getCopayerName();
   const addressType = await getAddressType({ chain, network, isMultiSig: true });
-  const password = await getPassword('Enter a password for the wallet:', { hidden: false });
+  const password = await getPassword('Lock your wallet with a password:', { hidden: false });
 
   const { key, secret } = await wallet.create({ chain, network, account: 0, n, m, password, mnemonic, addressType, copayerName });
 

diff --git a/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/create/createSingleSig.ts b/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/create/createSingleSig.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export async function createSingleSigWallet(
   const { verbose, mnemonic } = opts;
 
   const addressType = await getAddressType({ chain, network });
-  const password = await getPassword('Enter a password for the wallet:', { hidden: false });
+  const password = await getPassword('Lock your wallet with a password:', { hidden: false });
   const copayerName = process.env.USER || 'copayer';
 
   const { key } = await wallet.create({

diff --git a/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/create/createThresholdSig.ts b/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/create/createThresholdSig.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import url from 'url';
 import { Key, type Network, TssKey } from '@bitpay-labs/bitcore-wallet-client';
 import * as prompt from '@clack/prompts';
 import { UserCancelled } from '../../errors';
-import { getAddressType, getCopayerName, getPassword } from '../../prompts';
+import { getAddressType, getCopayerName, getPassword, promptKeyshareBackup } from '../../prompts';
 import { Utils } from '../../utils';
+import { exportWallet } from '../export';
 import type { CommonArgs } from '../../../types/cli';
 
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export async function createThresholdSigWallet(
 
   const copayerName = await getCopayerName();
   const addressType = await getAddressType({ chain, network, isMultiSig: false, isTss: true });
-  const password = await getPassword('Enter a password for the wallet:', { hidden: false });
+  const password = await getPassword('Lock your wallet with a password:', { hidden: false });
 
   let key;
   if (mnemonic) {
@@ -46,6 +47,16 @@ export async function createThresholdSigWallet(
   const tssPassword = crypto.randomBytes(20).toString('hex');
   await tss.newKey({ m, n, password: tssPassword });
 
+  prompt.note(
+    'Next, you will be asked to enter party 1\'s public key. Once you enter it, ' +
+    'a personal join code will be generated for you to give to them.' + os.EOL +
+    'To get their public key, party 1 should go ahead and start the join process ' +
+    'for their wallet by running bitcore-cli and selecting `Join Wallet`. Then they follow the ' +
+    'prompts until it tells them to share the public key with the session leader (you).' + os.EOL + os.EOL +
+    'Repeat this process for the other party members. Once all members have joined, the TSS ' +
+    'wallet creation process will finish.'
+  );
+
   for (let i = 1; i < n; i++) {
     const pubkey = await prompt.text({
       message: `Enter party ${i}'s public key:`,
@@ -133,7 +144,15 @@ export async function createThresholdSigWallet(
     });
   });
 
+
+  // Keyshare backup
+  const ok = await promptKeyshareBackup();
+  if (ok) {
+    await exportWallet({ wallet, opts: { ...opts, readonly: false } });
+  }
+
   return {
-    mnemonic: key.get(password).mnemonic
+    // TSS wallets cannot be restored from a mnemonic alone, so we return null here. All the wallet recovery information is in the keyshare backup file.
+    mnemonic: null
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/create/index.ts b/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/create/index.ts
@@ -30,18 +30,17 @@ export async function createWallet(args: CommonArgs<{ mnemonic?: string }>) {
     const [m, n] = Utils.parseMN(mOfN);
 
     if (useTss) {
-      ({ mnemonic } = await createThresholdSigWallet({ wallet, chain, network, opts, m, n }));
+      await createThresholdSigWallet({ wallet, chain, network, opts, m, n });
     } else {
       ({ mnemonic } = await createMultiSigWallet({ wallet, chain, network, opts, m, n }));
     }
   }
 
   // Re-fetch the client to ensure it has the latest state
   // and to complete the wallet creation process
-
   await wallet.getClient({});
 
-  if (!opts.mnemonic) {
+  if (!opts.mnemonic && mnemonic) {
     await Utils.showMnemonic(wallet.name, mnemonic, opts);
   }
 };
diff --git a/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/export.ts b/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/export.ts
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ export async function exportWallet(args: CommonArgs<{ filename?: string; readonl
   }
   const replaceTilde = str => str.startsWith('~') ? str.replace('~', os.homedir()) : str;
 
-  const readOnly = !!opts.readonly || wallet.isReadOnly() || await prompt.confirm({
+  const readOnly = opts.readonly ?? (wallet.isReadOnly() || await prompt.confirm({
     message: 'Export as read-only (cannot send funds)?',
     initialValue: false
-  });
+  }));
   if (prompt.isCancel(readOnly)) {
     throw new UserCancelled();
   }
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export async function exportWallet(args: CommonArgs<{ filename?: string; readonl
     throw new UserCancelled();
   }
 
-  const exportPassword = await getPassword('Import/export password:', { hidden: false, minLength: 6 });
+  const exportPassword = await getPassword('File encryption password:', { hidden: false, minLength: 6 });
 
   await wallet.export({
     filename: replaceTilde(filename),

diff --git a/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/import.ts b/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/import.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export async function importWallet(args: CommonArgs) {
     throw new UserCancelled();
   }
 
-  const importPassword = await getPassword('Import/export password:', { hidden: true });
+  const importPassword = await getPassword('File decryption password:', { hidden: true });
 
   await wallet.import({
     filename: replaceTilde(filename),

diff --git a/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/join/index.ts b/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/join/index.ts
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ export async function joinWallet(args: CommonArgs<{ mnemonic?: string }>) {
 
   let mnemonic;
   if (useTss) {
-    ({ mnemonic } = await joinThresholdSigWallet(Object.assign({}, args, { chain })));
+    await joinThresholdSigWallet(Object.assign({}, args, { chain }));
   } else {
     ({ mnemonic } = await joinMultiSigWallet(args));
   }
 
-  if (!opts.mnemonic) {
+  if (!opts.mnemonic && mnemonic) {
     await Utils.showMnemonic(wallet.name, mnemonic, opts);
   }
 };
diff --git a/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/join/joinMultiSig.ts b/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/join/joinMultiSig.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export async function joinMultiSigWallet(args: CommonArgs<{ mnemonic?: string }>
   } = parsed;
 
   const copayerName = await getCopayerName();
-  const password = await getPassword('Enter a password for the wallet:', { hidden: false });
+  const password = await getPassword('Lock your wallet with a password:', { hidden: false });
   const { key, joinedWalletName } = await wallet.create({ chain, network, account: 0, n: 2, m: 1, password, mnemonic, copayerName, joinSecret }); // n gets overwritten
 
   prompt.log.success(Utils.colorText(`Wallet joined: ${joinedWalletName}`, 'green'));

diff --git a/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/join/joinThresholdSig.ts b/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/join/joinThresholdSig.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import url from 'url';
 import { Key, TssKey } from '@bitpay-labs/bitcore-wallet-client';
 import * as prompt from '@clack/prompts';
 import { UserCancelled } from '../../errors';
-import { getCopayerName, getNetwork, getPassword } from '../../prompts';
+import { getCopayerName, getNetwork, getPassword, promptKeyshareBackup } from '../../prompts';
 import { Utils } from '../../utils';
+import { exportWallet } from '../export';
 import type { CommonArgs } from '../../../types/cli';
 
 export async function joinThresholdSigWallet(
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ export async function joinThresholdSigWallet(
 
   const network = await getNetwork();
   const copayerName = await getCopayerName();
-  const password = await getPassword('Enter a password for the wallet:', { hidden: false });
+  const password = await getPassword('Lock your wallet with a password:', { hidden: false });
 
   let key;
   if (mnemonic) {
@@ -114,7 +115,15 @@ export async function joinThresholdSigWallet(
     });
   });
 
+
+  // Keyshare backup
+  const ok = await promptKeyshareBackup();
+  if (ok) {
+    await exportWallet({ wallet, opts: { ...opts, readonly: false } });
+  }
+
   return {
-    mnemonic: key.get(password).mnemonic
+    // TSS wallets cannot be restored from a mnemonic alone, so we return null here. All the wallet recovery information is in the keyshare backup file.
+    mnemonic: null
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/status.ts b/packages/bitcore-cli/src/commands/status.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export async function walletStatus(args: CommonArgs) {
     statusLines.push(`Secret: ${Utils.colorText(w.secret, 'yellow')}`);
   }
 
-  prompt.note(statusLines.join(os.EOL), `${tokenObj ? '(Linked) ' : ''}Wallet info`);
+  prompt.note(statusLines.join(os.EOL), `${tokenObj ? '(Linked) ' : ''}Wallet Info`);
 
   const currency = tokenObj?.displayCode || w.coin;
   displayBalance(currency, status.balance, Object.assign({ showByAddress: false }, tokenObj));