Class: PublicKey ​

The non-secret (public) part of an asymmetric key pair that is typically used to digitally verify or encrypt data.

Table of contents ​

Constructors ​

• constructor

Methods ​

• free
• serialize
• toAddress
• toHex
• verify
• derive
• fromHex
• unserialize

Constructors ​

constructor ​

• new PublicKey(bytes): PublicKey

Creates a new public key from a byte array.

Throws when the byte array is not exactly 32 bytes long.

Parameters ​

Returns ​

PublicKey

Defined in ​

web.d.ts:1477

Methods ​

free ​

▸ free(): void

Returns ​

void

Defined in ​

web.d.ts:1449

serialize ​

▸ serialize(): Uint8Array

Serializes the public key to a byte array.

Returns ​

Uint8Array

Defined in ​

web.d.ts:1482

toAddress ​

▸ toAddress(): Address

Gets the public key's address.

Returns ​

Address

Defined in ​

web.d.ts:1500

toHex ​

▸ toHex(): string

Formats the public key into a hex string.

Returns ​

string

Defined in ​

web.d.ts:1495

verify ​

▸ verify(signature, data): boolean

Verifies that a signature is valid for this public key and the provided data.

Parameters ​

Returns ​

boolean

Defined in ​

web.d.ts:1462

derive ​

▸ derive(private_key): PublicKey

Derives a public key from an existing private key.

Parameters ​

Returns ​

PublicKey

Defined in ​

web.d.ts:1455

fromHex ​

▸ fromHex(hex): PublicKey

Parses a public key from its hex representation.

Throws when the string is not valid hex format or when it represents less than 32 bytes.

Parameters ​

Returns ​

PublicKey

Defined in ​

web.d.ts:1490

unserialize ​

▸ unserialize(bytes): PublicKey

Deserializes a public key from a byte array.

Throws when the byte array contains less than 32 bytes.

Parameters ​

Returns ​

PublicKey

Defined in ​

web.d.ts:1470