PrivKey is just []byte

cmd/gen_account.go

@@ -1,24 +1,20 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 
-	. "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/account"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/account"
 	. "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/binary"
 )
 
 func gen_account() {
+	privAccount := account.GenPrivAccount()
+	privAccountJSONBytes := JSONBytes(privAccount)
+	fmt.Printf(`Generated a new account!
 
-	// TODO: uh, write better logic.
-	// Generate private account
-	privAccount := GenPrivAccount()
+%v
 
-	fmt.Printf(`Generated account:
-Account Public Key:  %v
-Account Private Key: %v
 `,
-		hex.EncodeToString(BinaryBytes(privAccount.PubKey)),
-		hex.EncodeToString(BinaryBytes(privAccount.PrivKey)),
+		string(privAccountJSONBytes),
 	)
 }

cmd/gen_validator.go

@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/config"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
+
+	. "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/binary"
 )
 
 func gen_validator() {
 
 	privValidator := state.GenPrivValidator()
-	privValidatorJSONBytes := privValidator.JSONBytes()
+	privValidatorJSONBytes := JSONBytes(privValidator)
 	fmt.Printf(`Generated a new validator!
 Paste the following JSON into your %v file