Class PrivateKey

ECDSA (secp256k1) private key.

Index

Constructors

Methods

createPublic getSharedSecret inspect sign toString from fromLogin fromSeed fromString

Constructors

constructor

new PrivateKey(key): PrivateKey
Parameters
- key: Buffer
Returns PrivateKey
- Defined in crypto.ts:320

Methods

createPublic

createPublic(prefix?): PublicKey
Derive the public key for this private key.
Parameters
- Optionalprefix: string
Returns PublicKey
- Defined in crypto.ts:386

getSharedSecret

getSharedSecret(publicKey): Buffer
Get shared secret for memo cryptography
Parameters
- publicKey: PublicKey
Returns Buffer
- Defined in crypto.ts:400

inspect

inspect(): string
Used by utils.inspect and console.log in node.js. Does not show the full key to get the full encoded key you need to explicitly call toString.

Returns string
- Defined in crypto.ts:409

sign

sign(message): Signature
Sign message.
Parameters
- message: Buffer
  32-byte message.
Returns Signature
- Defined in crypto.ts:366

toString

toString(): string
Return a WIF-encoded representation of the key.

Returns string
- Defined in crypto.ts:393

`Static`from

from(value): PrivateKey
Convenience to create a new instance from WIF string or buffer.
Parameters
- value: string | Buffer
Returns PrivateKey
- Defined in crypto.ts:327

`Static`fromLogin

fromLogin(username, password, role?): PrivateKey
Create key from username and password.
Parameters
- username: string
- password: string
- role: KeyRole = 'active'
Returns PrivateKey
- Defined in crypto.ts:353

`Static`fromSeed

fromSeed(seed): PrivateKey
Create a new instance from a seed.
Parameters
- seed: string
Returns PrivateKey
- Defined in crypto.ts:346

`Static`fromString

fromString(wif): PrivateKey
Create a new instance from a WIF-encoded key.
Parameters
- wif: string
Returns PrivateKey
- Defined in crypto.ts:338