Trait PrivateKey

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pub trait PrivateKey<C: AsymmetricCrypto + ?Sized>: Clone {
    // Required methods
    fn public_key(&self) -> C::PublicKey;
    fn sign<D: AsRef<[u8]>>(&self, data: D) -> C::Signature;
}

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A private key (also called secret key or sk in some literature) is the part of an asymmetric keypair which is never shared with anyone. It is used to sign a message sent to any recipient or to decrypt a message that was sent encrypted from any recipients.

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fn public_key(&self) -> C::PublicKey

Calculates the PublicKey that belongs to this private key. These two keys together form an asymmetric keypair, where the private key cannot be calculated from the public key with a reasonable effort, but the public key can be calculated from the private key cheaply.

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