diff --git a/cli.go b/cli.go
index e01794da..e0f17a70 100644
--- a/cli.go
+++ b/cli.go
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ func (cli *CLI) printUsage() {
 	fmt.Println("  startnode -miner ADDRESS - Start a node with ID specified in NODE_ID env. var. -miner enables mining")
 	fmt.Println()
 	fmt.Println("Exploring cmds:")
-	fmt.Println("  generateKey - generate KeyPair for exploring")
+	fmt.Println("  generatePrivKey - generate KeyPair for exploring")
+	fmt.Println("  getPubKey -privKey PRIKEY - generate PubKey from privateKey")
 	fmt.Println("  getAddress -pubKey PUBKEY - convert pubKey to address")
 	fmt.Println("  getPubKeyHash -address Address - get pubKeyHash of an address")
 	fmt.Println("  validateAddress -addr Address - validate an address")
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ func (cli *CLI) Run() {
 	reindexUTXOCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("reindexutxo", flag.ExitOnError)
 	sendCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("send", flag.ExitOnError)
 	startNodeCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("startnode", flag.ExitOnError)
-	generateKeyCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("generateKey", flag.ExitOnError)
+	generatePrivKeyCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("generatePrivKey", flag.ExitOnError)
+	getPubKeyCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("getPubKey", flag.ExitOnError)
 	getAddressCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("getAddress", flag.ExitOnError)
 	getPubKeyHashCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("getPubKeyHash", flag.ExitOnError)
 	validateAddrCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("validateAddress", flag.ExitOnError)
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ func (cli *CLI) Run() {
 	sendAmount := sendCmd.Int("amount", 0, "Amount to send")
 	sendMine := sendCmd.Bool("mine", false, "Mine immediately on the same node")
 	startNodeMiner := startNodeCmd.String("miner", "", "Enable mining mode and send reward to ADDRESS")
+	privateKey := getPubKeyCmd.String("privKey", "", "generate PubKey based on this")
 	pubKey := getAddressCmd.String("pubKey", "", "the key where address generated")
 	pubKeyAddress := getPubKeyHashCmd.String("address", "", "the pub address")
 	address := validateAddrCmd.String("addr", "", "the public address")
@@ -119,8 +122,13 @@ func (cli *CLI) Run() {
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Panic(err)
 		}
-	case "generateKey":
-		err := generateKeyCmd.Parse(os.Args[2:])
+	case "generatePrivKey":
+		err := generatePrivKeyCmd.Parse(os.Args[2:])
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Panic(err)
+		}
+	case "getPubKey":
+		err := getPubKeyCmd.Parse(os.Args[2:])
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Panic(err)
 		}
@@ -194,8 +202,16 @@ func (cli *CLI) Run() {
 		cli.startNode(nodeID, *startNodeMiner)
 	}
 
-	if generateKeyCmd.Parsed() {
-		cli.generateKey()
+	if generatePrivKeyCmd.Parsed() {
+		cli.generatePrivKey()
+	}
+
+	if getPubKeyCmd.Parsed() {
+		if *privateKey == "" {
+			getPubKeyCmd.Usage()
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		cli.getPubKey(*privateKey)
 	}
 
 	if getAddressCmd.Parsed() {
diff --git a/cli_explore.go b/cli_explore.go
index c6e39a51..28494af5 100644
--- a/cli_explore.go
+++ b/cli_explore.go
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"crypto/elliptic"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 )
 
-func (cli *CLI) generateKey() {
-	private, public := newKeyPair()
-	fmt.Println("Private Key:")
+func (cli *CLI) getPubKey(privateKey string) {
+	curve := elliptic.P256()
+	priv_key, _ := hex.DecodeString(privateKey)
+	x, y := curve.ScalarBaseMult(priv_key)
+	pubKey := append(x.Bytes(), y.Bytes()...)
+	fmt.Println(hex.EncodeToString(pubKey))
+}
+
+func (cli *CLI) generatePrivKey() {
+	private, _ := newKeyPair()
 	fmt.Println(hex.EncodeToString(private.D.Bytes()))
-	fmt.Println("Public Key:")
-	fmt.Println(hex.EncodeToString(public))
 }
 
 func (cli *CLI) getAddress(pubKey string) {