class Secp256k1::Keypair

• Secp256k1::Keypair
• Reference
• Object

Overview

Implements a Secp256k1 key pair containing a private and a public key.

Properties:

• #private_key (BigInt): the secret as known as the private key.
• #public_key (EC_Point): the point on the elliptic curve as known as the public key.

key = Secp256k1::Keypair.new
key.get_secret
# => "53d77137b39427a35d8c4b187f532d3912e1e7135985e730633e1e3c1b87ce97"
key.to_s
# => "e097fc69f0b92f711620511c07fefdd648e469df46b1e4385a00a1786f6bc55b7d9011bb589e883d8a7947cfb37dc6b3c8beae9c614cab4a83009bd9d8732a9f"

Defined in:

Constructors

• .new(private_key : BigInt)

  Generates a new keypair using a provided private key.

• .new

  Generates a new keypair using a fresh random private key.

Instance Method Summary

• #get_secret

  Gets the private key as hexadecimal formatted string literal.

• #private_key : BigInt

  The secret as known as the private key.

• #private_key=(private_key : BigInt)

  The secret as known as the private key.

• #public_key : EC_Point

  The point on the elliptic curve as known as the public key.

• #public_key=(public_key : EC_Point)

  The point on the elliptic curve as known as the public key.

• #to_s

  Gets the key formatted as uncompressed public key string.

Constructor Detail

key = Secp256k1::Keypair.new BigInt.new("53d77137b39427a35d8c4b187f532d3912e1e7135985e730633e1e3c1b87ce97", 16)
# => #<Secp256k1::Keypair:0x7f8be5611d80>

key = Secp256k1::Keypair.new
# => #<Secp256k1::Keypair:0x7f8be5611d80>

Instance Method Detail

key.get_secret
# => "53d77137b39427a35d8c4b187f532d3912e1e7135985e730633e1e3c1b87ce97"

key.to_s
# => "e097fc69f0b92f711620511c07fefdd648e469df46b1e4385a00a1786f6bc55b7d9011bb589e883d8a7947cfb37dc6b3c8beae9c614cab4a83009bd9d8732a9f"