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Version: v3.x

Minimal Anti Collusion Infrastructure (MACI) / Keypair

Class: Keypair

Defined in: keyPair.ts:16

Notice​

A KeyPair is a pair of public and private keys This is a MACI keypair, which is not to be confused with an Ethereum public and private keypair. A MACI keypair is comprised of a MACI public key and a MACI private key

Constructors​

Constructor​

new Keypair(privateKey?): Keypair

Defined in: keyPair.ts:26

Create a new instance of a Keypair

Parameters​

privateKey?​

PrivateKey

the private key (optional)

Returns​

Keypair

Notice​

if no privateKey is passed, it will automatically generate a new private key

Properties​

privateKey​

privateKey: PrivateKey

Defined in: keyPair.ts:17

publicKey​

publicKey: PublicKey

Defined in: keyPair.ts:19

Methods​

copy()​

copy(): Keypair

Defined in: keyPair.ts:41

Create a deep clone of this Keypair

Returns​

Keypair

a copy of the Keypair

equals()​

equals(keypair): boolean

Defined in: keyPair.ts:58

Check whether two Keypairs are equal

Parameters​

keypair​

Keypair

the keypair to compare with

Returns​

boolean

whether they are equal or not

toJSON()​

toJSON(): IJsonKeyPair

Defined in: keyPair.ts:74

Serialize into a JSON object

Returns​

IJsonKeyPair

fromJSON()​

static fromJSON(json): Keypair

Defined in: keyPair.ts:86

Deserialize into a Keypair instance

Parameters​

json​

IJsonKeyPair

Returns​

Keypair

a keypair instance

generateEcdhSharedKey()​

static generateEcdhSharedKey(privateKey, publicKey): EcdhSharedKey

Defined in: keyPair.ts:49

Generate a shared key

Parameters​

privateKey​

PrivateKey

publicKey​

PublicKey

Returns​

EcdhSharedKey