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@polkadot-labs/hdkd-helpers
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Composable utility functions to generate key pairs for the sr25519, ed25519, and ecdsa cryptographic schemes, along with utilities for hierarchical deterministic (HD) key derivation, tailored for use in the Polkadot and Substrate ecosystems.
@polkadot-labs/hdkd-helpers
is a pure JavaScript library providing utility functions for three signature schemes: sr25519, ed25519, and ecdsa.
This library is designed to assist with Hierarchical Deterministic Key Derivation (HDKD) in the Polkadot ecosystem.
Additionally, it includes utilities for deriving HD accounts with hard and soft derivation, creating ss58 addresses, and deriving private keys through bip39.
It is built on top of @noble/hashes
, @noble/curves
, and @scure/sr25519
.
To install the library, you can use npm or yarn or pnpm:
npm install @polkadot-labs/hdkd-helpers
Here is an example of how to use the library:
import {
sr25519,
DEV_PHRASE,
entropyToMiniSecret,
mnemonicToEntropy,
} from "@polkadot-labs/hdkd-helpers"
import { secretFromSeed } from "@scure/sr25519"
const entropy = mnemonicToEntropy(DEV_PHRASE)
const miniSecret = entropyToMiniSecret(entropy)
// Example usage for generating a sr25519 keypair with hard derivation
const privateKey = secretFromSeed(miniSecret)
const publicKey = sr25519.getPublicKey(privateKey)
// Example usage for signing a message
const message = new TextEncoder().encode("Hello")
const signature = sr25519.sign(message, privateKey)
// Example usage for verifying a signature
const isValid = sr25519.verify(signature, message, publicKey)
console.log("Is valid:", isValid)
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
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Composable utility functions to generate key pairs for the sr25519, ed25519, and ecdsa cryptographic schemes, along with utilities for hierarchical deterministic (HD) key derivation, tailored for use in the Polkadot and Substrate ecosystems.
We found that @polkadot-labs/hdkd-helpers demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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