diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 24132dc1..a583d338 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import { GeneratedType, OfflineSigner, Registry } from '@cosmjs/proto-signing'
+import { OfflineSigner, Registry } from '@cosmjs/proto-signing'
 import { DIDModule, MinimalImportableDIDModule } from './modules/did'
 import { MinimalImportableResourcesModule, ResourcesModule } from './modules/resources'
 import { AbstractCheqdSDKModule, applyMixins, instantiateCheqdSDKModule, instantiateCheqdSDKModuleRegistryTypes, } from './modules/_'
 import { createDefaultCheqdRegistry } from './registry'
 import { CheqdSigningStargateClient } from './signer'
 import { CheqdNetwork, IContext, IModuleMethodMap } from './types'
+import { createSignInputsFromImportableEd25519Key } from './utils'
 
 export interface ICheqdSDKOptions {
 	modules: AbstractCheqdSDKModule[]
@@ -101,3 +102,4 @@ export async function createCheqdSDK(options: ICheqdSDKOptions): Promise<CheqdSD
 }
 
 export { DIDModule, ResourcesModule }
+export { createSignInputsFromImportableEd25519Key }
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1427a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { VerificationMethod } from "@cheqd/ts-proto/cheqd/v1/did"
+import { IKeyValuePair, ISignInputs, VerificationMethods } from "./types"
+import { fromString, toString } from 'uint8arrays'
+import { bases } from "multiformats/basics"
+
+
+export type TImportableEd25519Key = {
+    publicKeyHex: string
+    privateKeyHex: string
+    kid: string
+    type: "Ed25519"
+}
+
+export function parseToKeyValuePair(object: { [key: string]: any }): IKeyValuePair[] {
+    return Object.entries(object).map(([key, value]) => ({ key, value }))
+}
+
+export function createSignInputsFromImportableEd25519Key(key: TImportableEd25519Key, verificationMethod: VerificationMethod[]): ISignInputs {
+    if (verificationMethod?.length === 0) throw new Error('No verification methods provided')
+
+    const publicKey = fromString(key.publicKeyHex, 'hex')
+
+    for(const method of verificationMethod) {
+        switch (method?.type) {
+            case VerificationMethods.Base58:
+                const publicKeyMultibase = bases['base58btc'].encode(publicKey)
+                if (method.publicKeyMultibase === publicKeyMultibase) {
+                    return {
+                        verificationMethodId: method.id,
+                        privateKeyHex: key.privateKeyHex
+                    }
+                }
+
+            case VerificationMethods.JWK:
+                const publicKeyJWK = parseToKeyValuePair({
+                    crv: 'Ed25519',
+                    kty: 'OKP',
+                    x: toString( publicKey, 'base64url' )
+                })
+                if (method.publicKeyJwk === publicKeyJWK) {
+                    return {
+                        verificationMethodId: method.id,
+                        privateKeyHex: key.privateKeyHex
+                    }
+                }
+        }
+    }
+
+    throw new Error('No verification method type provided')
+}
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diff --git a/tests/testutils.test.ts b/tests/testutils.test.ts
index 51417b4e..3aad8f5d 100644
--- a/tests/testutils.test.ts
+++ b/tests/testutils.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { MsgCreateDidPayload } from "@cheqd/ts-proto/cheqd/v1/tx"
-import { CheqdNetwork, IKeyPair, IKeyValuePair, IVerificationKeys, MethodSpecificIdAlgo, TMethodSpecificId, TVerificationKey, TVerificationKeyPrefix, VerificationMethods } from "../src/types"
+import { CheqdNetwork, IKeyPair, IVerificationKeys, MethodSpecificIdAlgo, TMethodSpecificId, TVerificationKey, TVerificationKeyPrefix, VerificationMethods } from "../src/types"
 import { bases } from 'multiformats/basics'
 import { base64ToBytes } from "did-jwt"
 import { fromString, toString } from 'uint8arrays'
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { generateKeyPair, KeyPair } from '@stablelib/ed25519'
 import { GasPrice } from "@cosmjs/stargate"
 import { v4 } from 'uuid'
 import { VerificationMethod } from "@cheqd/ts-proto/cheqd/v1/did"
+import { parseToKeyValuePair } from '../src/utils'
 
 export const faucet = {
     prefix: 'cheqd',
@@ -33,6 +34,14 @@ export function createKeyPairBase64(): IKeyPair {
     }
 }
 
+export function createKeyPairHex(): IKeyPair {
+    const keyPair = generateKeyPair()
+    return {
+        publicKey: toString(keyPair.publicKey, 'hex'),
+        privateKey: toString(keyPair.secretKey, 'hex'),
+    }
+}
+
 export function createVerificationKeys(keyPair: IKeyPair, algo: MethodSpecificIdAlgo, key: TVerificationKey<TVerificationKeyPrefix, number>, length: number = 32, network: CheqdNetwork = CheqdNetwork.Testnet): IVerificationKeys {
     let methodSpecificId: TMethodSpecificId
     let didUrl: IVerificationKeys['didUrl']
@@ -103,8 +112,4 @@ export function createDidPayload(verificationMethods: VerificationMethod[], veri
             authentication: verificationKeys.map(key => key.keyId)
         }
     )
-}
-
-export function parseToKeyValuePair(object: { [key: string]: any }): IKeyValuePair[] {
-    return Object.entries(object).map(([key, value]) => ({ key, value }))
 }
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diff --git a/tests/utils.test.ts b/tests/utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68211d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { TImportableEd25519Key, createSignInputsFromImportableEd25519Key } from '../src/utils'
+import { createDidVerificationMethod, createVerificationKeys, createKeyPairRaw } from './testutils.test'
+import { toString } from 'uint8arrays'
+import { IKeyPair, MethodSpecificIdAlgo, VerificationMethods } from '../src/types'
+
+describe('createSignInputsFromImportableEd25519Key', () => {
+    it('should create a sign input from an importable ed25519 key', async () => {
+        const keyPair = createKeyPairRaw()
+        const importableEd25519Key: TImportableEd25519Key = {
+            publicKeyHex: toString(keyPair.publicKey, 'hex'),
+            privateKeyHex: toString(keyPair.secretKey, 'hex'),
+            kid: toString(keyPair.publicKey, 'hex'),
+            type: 'Ed25519'
+        }
+        const keyPairBase64: IKeyPair = {
+            publicKey: toString(keyPair.publicKey, 'base64'),
+            privateKey: toString(keyPair.secretKey, 'base64'),
+        }
+
+        const verificationKeys = createVerificationKeys(keyPairBase64, MethodSpecificIdAlgo.Base58, 'key-1', 16)
+        const verificationMethod = createDidVerificationMethod([VerificationMethods.Base58], [verificationKeys])
+        const signInput = createSignInputsFromImportableEd25519Key(importableEd25519Key, verificationMethod)
+
+        expect(signInput).toEqual({ verificationMethodId: verificationKeys.keyId, privateKeyHex: importableEd25519Key.privateKeyHex })
+    })
+})
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