Struct bitcoin::util::key::PrivateKey

pub struct PrivateKey {
    pub compressed: bool,
    pub network: Network,
    pub key: SecretKey,
}

A Bitcoin ECDSA private key

Fields

compressed: bool

Whether this private key should be serialized as compressed

network: Network

The network on which this key should be used

key: SecretKey

The actual ECDSA key

Methods

impl PrivateKey

pub fn public_key<C: Signing>(&self, secp: &Secp256k1<C>) -> PublicKey

Creates a public key from this private key

pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8>

Serialize the private key to bytes

pub fn fmt_wif(&self, fmt: &mut dyn Write) -> Result

Format the private key to WIF format.

pub fn to_wif(&self) -> String

Get WIF encoding of this private key.

pub fn from_wif(wif: &str) -> Result<PrivateKey, Error>

Parse WIF encoded private key.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for PrivateKey

fn clone(&self) -> PrivateKey

Returns a copy of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl PartialEq<PrivateKey> for PrivateKey

fn eq(&self, other: &PrivateKey) -> bool

This method tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &PrivateKey) -> bool

This method tests for !=.

impl Eq for PrivateKey

impl Copy for PrivateKey

impl Display for PrivateKey

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Debug for PrivateKey

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Index<RangeFull> for PrivateKey

type Output = [u8]

The returned type after indexing.

fn index(&self, _: RangeFull) -> &[u8]

Performs the indexing (container[index]) operation.

impl FromStr for PrivateKey

type Err = Error

The associated error which can be returned from parsing.

fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<PrivateKey, Error>

Parses a string s to return a value of this type.