Module bitcoin::key

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Bitcoin keys.

This module provides keys used in Bitcoin that can be roundtrip (de)serialized.

Modules

  • secp256k1
    Rust bindings for Pieter Wuille’s secp256k1 library, which is used for fast and accurate manipulation of ECDSA signatures on the secp256k1 curve. Such signatures are used extensively by the Bitcoin network and its derivatives.

Structs

  • KeyPair
    Opaque data structure that holds a keypair consisting of a secret and a public key.
  • PrivateKey
    A Bitcoin ECDSA private key
  • PublicKey
    A Bitcoin ECDSA public key
  • Secp256k1
    The secp256k1 engine, used to execute all signature operations.
  • SortKey
    An opaque return type for PublicKey::to_sort_key
  • TweakedKeyPair
    Tweaked BIP-340 key pair
  • TweakedPublicKey
    Tweaked BIP-340 X-coord-only public key
  • XOnlyPublicKey
    An x-only public key, used for verification of schnorr signatures and serialized according to BIP-340.

Enums

  • Error
    A key-related error.
  • Parity
    Represents the parity passed between FFI function calls.

Traits

  • TapTweak
    A trait for tweaking BIP340 key types (x-only public keys and key pairs).
  • Verification
    Marker trait for indicating that an instance of Secp256k1 can be used for verification.

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