eth-crypto/dist/lib/create-identity.js

Cryptographic functions for ethereum and how to use them with web3 and solidity

"use strict";

Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", {
  value: true
});
exports.createIdentity = createIdentity;
exports.createPrivateKey = createPrivateKey;
var _ethers = require("ethers");
var _util = require("@ethereumjs/util");
var MIN_ENTROPY_SIZE = 128;

/**
 * create a privateKey from the given entropy or a new one
 * @param  {Buffer} entropy
 * @return {string}
 */
function createPrivateKey(entropy) {
  if (entropy) {
    if (!Buffer.isBuffer(entropy)) throw new Error('EthCrypto.createPrivateKey(): given entropy is no Buffer');
    if (Buffer.byteLength(entropy, 'utf8') < MIN_ENTROPY_SIZE) throw new Error('EthCrypto.createPrivateKey(): Entropy-size must be at least ' + MIN_ENTROPY_SIZE);
    var outerHex = (0, _ethers.keccak256)(entropy);
    return outerHex;
  } else {
    var innerHex = (0, _ethers.keccak256)((0, _ethers.concat)([(0, _ethers.randomBytes)(32), (0, _ethers.randomBytes)(32)]));
    var middleHex = (0, _ethers.concat)([(0, _ethers.concat)([(0, _ethers.randomBytes)(32), innerHex]), (0, _ethers.randomBytes)(32)]);
    var _outerHex = (0, _ethers.keccak256)(middleHex);
    return _outerHex;
  }
}

/**
 * creates a new object with
 * private-, public-Key and address
 * @param {Buffer?} entropy if provided, will use that as single random-source
 */
function createIdentity(entropy) {
  var privateKey = createPrivateKey(entropy);
  var wallet = new _ethers.Wallet(privateKey);
  var identity = {
    privateKey: privateKey,
    // remove trailing '0x04'
    publicKey: (0, _util.stripHexPrefix)(wallet.signingKey.publicKey).slice(2),
    address: wallet.address
  };
  return identity;
}