PrivateKey

data class PrivateKey(val value: ByteVector32)

A bitcoin private key. A private key is valid if it is not 0 and less than the secp256k1 curve order when interpreted as an integer (most significant byte first). The probability of choosing a 32-byte string uniformly at random which is an invalid private key is negligible, so this condition is not checked by default. However, if you receive a private key from an external, untrusted source, you should call isValid() before actually using it.

Constructors

PrivateKey

fun PrivateKey(data: ByteArray)

PrivateKey

fun PrivateKey(data: ByteVector)

PrivateKey

fun PrivateKey(value: ByteVector32)

Types

Companion

object Companion

Functions

compress

fun compress(): ByteArray

isValid

fun isValid(): Boolean

A private key is valid if it is not 0 and less than the secp256k1 curve order when interpreted as an integer (most significant byte first). The probability of choosing a 32-byte string uniformly at random which is an invalid private key is negligible.

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