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Class: BLSKeyPair

A BLS keypair It is used by validators to vote during Tendermint rounds. This is just a wrapper around our internal BLS structs

Constructors

new BLSKeyPair()

new BLSKeyPair(secret_key, public_key): BLSKeyPair

Parameters

secret_key: BLSSecretKey

public_key: BLSPublicKey

Returns

BLSKeyPair

Defined in

@nimiq/core/types/wasm/web.d.ts:670

Properties

publicKey

readonly publicKey: BLSPublicKey

Gets the keypair's public key.

Defined in

@nimiq/core/types/wasm/web.d.ts:684


secretKey

readonly secretKey: BLSSecretKey

Gets the keypair's secret key.

Defined in

@nimiq/core/types/wasm/web.d.ts:688

Methods

free()

free(): void

Returns

void

Defined in

@nimiq/core/types/wasm/web.d.ts:648


serialize()

serialize(): Uint8Array

Serializes to a byte array.

Returns

Uint8Array

Defined in

@nimiq/core/types/wasm/web.d.ts:675


toHex()

toHex(): string

Formats the keypair into a hex string.

Returns

string

Defined in

@nimiq/core/types/wasm/web.d.ts:680


derive()

static derive(private_key): BLSKeyPair

Derives a keypair from an existing private key.

Parameters

private_key: BLSSecretKey

Returns

BLSKeyPair

Defined in

@nimiq/core/types/wasm/web.d.ts:659


generate()

static generate(): BLSKeyPair

Generates a new keypair from secure randomness.

Returns

BLSKeyPair

Defined in

@nimiq/core/types/wasm/web.d.ts:653


unserialize()

static unserialize(bytes): BLSKeyPair

Deserializes a keypair from a byte array.

Parameters

bytes: Uint8Array

Returns

BLSKeyPair

Defined in

@nimiq/core/types/wasm/web.d.ts:665