Add support for loading private key from hex string #118
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Summary
This PR introduces a new function
NewPrivateKeyFromHex
in theprivate_key.go
file. This function allows creating aPrivateKey
instance from a hexadecimal string representation of the key.Key changes:
NewPrivateKeyFromHex
that takes a hex string and a key algorithm as input.Details:
NewPrivateKeyFromHex
functions in theed25519
andsecp256k1
packages (added in the same commit).PrivateKey
struct with the algorithm, public key, and private key information.This addition enhances the flexibility of the keypair package by allowing users to create private keys from hexadecimal strings, which is a common format for storing and transmitting cryptographic keys.
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