js-bigchaindb-driver/src/Ed25519Keypair.js

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import base58 from 'bs58'
import nacl from 'tweetnacl'
/**
* @public
* @class Keypair Ed25519 keypair in base58 (as BigchainDB expects base58 keys)
* @type {Object}
* @param {Buffer} [seed] A seed that will be used as a key derivation function
* @property {string} publicKey
* @property {string} privateKey
*/
export default function Ed25519Keypair(seed) {
const keyPair = seed ? nacl.sign.keyPair.fromSeed(seed) : nacl.sign.keyPair()
this.publicKey = base58.encode(keyPair.publicKey)
// tweetnacl's generated secret key is the secret key + public key (resulting in a 64-byte buffer)
this.privateKey = base58.encode(keyPair.secretKey.slice(0, 32))
}