Struct PrivateKey 

pub struct PrivateKey { /* private fields */ }

A validated secp256k1 private key that zeroizes its bytes on drop.

Created by generate. The key is guaranteed to be a valid scalar in the range [1, n-1] where n is the secp256k1 curve order.

When this value goes out of scope, the underlying bytes are securely overwritten with zeros to prevent secrets from lingering in memory.

Implementations

impl PrivateKey

pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8; 32]

Returns a reference to the raw 32-byte private key.

pub fn to_secret_key(&self) -> SecretKey

Converts the private key into a secp256k1::SecretKey for use with the secp256k1 crate directly.

Trait Implementations

impl Drop for PrivateKey

fn drop(&mut self)

Executes the destructor for this type.

impl Zeroize for PrivateKey

fn zeroize(&mut self)

Zero out this object from memory using Rust intrinsics which ensure the zeroization operation is not “optimized away” by the compiler.