Module key 

Cryptographic identity for the Nostr protocol.

Nostr uses BIP-340 Schnorr signatures over secp256k1. Each user is identified by a 32-byte x-only public key; events carry a 64-byte Schnorr signature over the SHA-256 of the event’s serialized form (NIP-01).

This module exposes three primary types:

• SecretKey — a 32-byte secret scalar. Constructed from random bytes or hex; never serialised to logs in plaintext.
• PublicKey — a 32-byte BIP-340 x-only public key. This is the value you’ll see on the wire as pubkey and p tags.
• Keys — a keypair convenient for signing.

All three implement serde as lowercase 64-char hex strings, matching NIP-01.

Re-exports

pub use self::keys::Keys;

pub use self::public_key::PublicKey;

pub use self::public_key::PublicKeyError;

pub use self::secret_key::SecretKey;

pub use self::secret_key::SecretKeyError;

Modules

keys

BIP-340 secp256k1 keypair convenient for signing.

public_key

32-byte BIP-340 x-only public key.

secret_key

32-byte secp256k1 secret scalar.