# generate\_wallet

## Function

```python
def generate_wallet(amount):
    addresses = []
    for i in list(range(0, amount)):
        account = Web3().eth.account.create()
        keystore = Web3().eth.account.encrypt(account.key.hex(), os.getenv('SECRET'))
        folder = "./data/wallets/{}".format(account.address)
        os.makedirs("data/wallets", exist_ok=True)
        os.makedirs(folder, exist_ok=True)
        open("{}/keystore".format(folder), 'w').write(json.dumps(keystore, indent=4))
        addresses.append(account)
    return addresses
```

## Description

* Prepare an empty list of accounts
* Loop based on desired amount of wallets to generate
* Create a new account/wallet
* Encrypt the keystore for based on the SECRET found in “.env”
* Set the wallet folder for the public key
* Create the parent wallet folder if it doesn’t exist
* Create the public key folder if it doesn’t exist
* Save the account’s keystore
* Add the account to the list
* Return the list of accounts


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