This gem wraps libsecp256k1 from the Bitcoin source in a couple of Ruby classes.
Use in a pipeline to generate crypto-currency addresses and for BIP32 operations (public key addition).
To use this gem, libsecp256k1 must be installed on your system
Generate a new private key:
key = Secp256k1::Key.new
Get a compressed public key (used by most cryptocurrencies):
key.public_key
Load an existing private key:
key = Secp256k1::Key.new("256-bit binary private key value")
sudo apt install libsecp256k1-dev
It still doesn't come packaged with brew by default but there are a few taps where you can find it.
git clone https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1
cd secp256k1
./autogen.sh
./configure --enable-module-recovery --enable-experimental --enable-module-ecdh --enable-module-schnorr
make && sudo make install
ext? (as a git submodule)FAQs
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