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| 1 | +# noble-secp256k1 |
| 2 | +> **noble-crypto** — high-security, easily auditable set of contained cryptographic libraries and tools. |
| 3 | +
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| 4 | +Noble [secp256k1](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Secp256k1), an elliptic curve that could be used for assymetric encryption and ECDSA signature scheme. |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +- No dependencies, one small file |
| 7 | +- Easily auditable TypeScript/JS code |
| 8 | +- Uses es2019 bigint. Supported in Chrome, Firefox, node 10+ |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +## Usage |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +```js |
| 13 | +import * as secp256k1 from "noble-secp256k1"; |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +// You can also pass BigInt: |
| 16 | +// const PRIVATE_KEY = 0xa665a45920422f9d417e4867efn; |
| 17 | +const PRIVATE_KEY = Uint8Array.from([ |
| 18 | + 0xa6, 0x65, 0xa4, 0x59, 0x20, 0x42, 0x2f, |
| 19 | + 0x9d, 0x41, 0x7e, 0x48, 0x67, 0xef |
| 20 | +]); |
| 21 | +const MESSAGE_HASH = "9c1185a5c5e9fc54612808977ee8f548b2258d31"; |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +const publicKey = secp256k1.getPublicKey(PRIVATE_KEY); |
| 24 | +const signature = secp256k1.sign(MESSAGE_HASH, PRIVATE_KEY); |
| 25 | +const isMessageSigned = secp256k1.verify(signature, MESSAGE_HASH, publicKey); |
| 26 | +``` |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +## API |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +```typescript |
| 31 | +function getPublicKey(privateKey: Uint8Array, isCompressed?: false): Uint8Array; |
| 32 | +function getPublicKey(privateKey: string, isCompressed?: false): string; |
| 33 | +function getPublicKey(privateKey: bigint): Point; |
| 34 | +``` |
| 35 | +`privateKey` will be used to generate public key. |
| 36 | + Public key is generated by doing scalar multiplication of a base Point(x, y) by a fixed |
| 37 | + integer. The result is another `Point(x, y)` which we will by default encode to hex Uint8Array. |
| 38 | +`isCompressed` (default is `false`) determines whether the output should contain `y` coordinate of the point. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +```typescript |
| 41 | +function sign(hash: Uint8Array, privateKey: Uint8Array | bigint, k?: bigint): Uint8Array; |
| 42 | +function sign(hash: string, privateKey: string | bigint, k?: bigint): string; |
| 43 | +``` |
| 44 | +- `hash: Uint8Array | string` - message hash which would be signed |
| 45 | +- `privateKey: Uint8Array | string | bigint` - private key which will sign the hash |
| 46 | +- `k?: bigint` - *optional* random seed. Default is one from `crypto.getRandomValues()`. **Must be cryptographically secure**, which means `Math.random()` won't work. |
| 47 | +- Returns DER encoded ECDSA signature, as hex uint8a / string. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +```typescript |
| 50 | +function verify(signature: Uint8Array | string | SignResult, hash: Uint8Array | string): boolean |
| 51 | +``` |
| 52 | +- `signature: Uint8Array` - object returned by the `sign` function |
| 53 | +- `hash: string | Uint8Array` - message hash that needs to be verified |
| 54 | +- `publicKey: string | Point` - e.g. that was generated from `privateKey` by `getPublicKey` |
| 55 | +- Returns `boolean`: `true` if `signature == hash`; otherwise `false` |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +The library also exports helpers: |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +```typescript |
| 60 | +// Finite field over prime Fp |
| 61 | +secp256k1.P // 2 ^ 256 - 2 ^ 32 - 977 |
| 62 | +
|
| 63 | +// Prime order |
| 64 | +secp256k1.PRIME_ORDER // 2 ^ 256 - 432420386565659656852420866394968145599 |
| 65 | +
|
| 66 | +// Base point |
| 67 | +secp256k1.BASE_POINT // new secp256k1.Point(x, y) where |
| 68 | +// x = 55066263022277343669578718895168534326250603453777594175500187360389116729240n |
| 69 | +// y = 32670510020758816978083085130507043184471273380659243275938904335757337482424n; |
| 70 | +
|
| 71 | +// Elliptic curve point |
| 72 | +secp256k1.Point { |
| 73 | + constructor(x: bigint, y: bigint); |
| 74 | + // Compressed elliptic curve point representation |
| 75 | + static fromHex(hex: Uint8Array | string); |
| 76 | + static fromCompressedHex(hex: string); |
| 77 | + toHex(): string; |
| 78 | + toCompressedHex(): string; |
| 79 | +} |
| 80 | +secp256k1.SignResult { |
| 81 | + constructor(r: bigint, s: bigint); |
| 82 | + // DER encoded ECDSA signature |
| 83 | + static fromHex(hex: Uint8Array | string); |
| 84 | + toHex() |
| 85 | +} |
| 86 | +``` |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +## License |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +MIT (c) Paul Miller (https://paulmillr.com), see LICENSE file. |
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