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KeyLib v0.0.12

Principles

keyLib provides a reliable API for JavaScript apps that need to create, import, and derive ECDSA keys.

Documentation Index

Key Management

• Private Keys and Public Keys
• Hierarchically-derived Private and Public Keys

Extra

• Crypto
• Encoding

Module Development

• Browser Builds

Examples

Create and Save a Private Key - Bitcoin

var privateKey = new keyLib.PrivateKey();

var exported = privateKey.toWIF();
// e.g. L3T1s1TYP9oyhHpXgkyLoJFGniEgkv2Jhi138d7R2yJ9F4QdDU2m
var imported = keyLib.PrivateKey.fromWIF(exported);
var hexa = privateKey.toString();
// e.g. 'b9de6e778fe92aa7edb69395556f843f1dce0448350112e14906efc2a80fa61a'

Create and Save a Private Key - other cryptocurrencies

The default behavior creates a key for the Bitcoin network. You can specify another network by providing a string argument identifying the currency.

var privateKey = new keyLib.PrivateKey();
var privateKey = new keyLib.PrivateKey('BTC');
var privateKey = new keyLib.PrivateKey('BCH');
var privateKey = new keyLib.PrivateKey('LTC');