crypto

crypto is the cryptographic package adapted for CometBFT's uses

Importing it

To get the interfaces, import "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/crypto"

For any specific algorithm, use its specific module e.g. import "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/crypto/ed25519"

Binary encoding

For Binary encoding, please refer to the CometBFT encoding specification.

JSON Encoding

JSON encoding is done using CometBFT's internal json encoder. For more information on JSON encoding, please refer to CometBFT JSON encoding

Example JSON encodings:

ed25519.PrivKey     - {"type":"tendermint/PrivKeyEd25519","value":"EVkqJO/jIXp3rkASXfh9YnyToYXRXhBr6g9cQVxPFnQBP/5povV4HTjvsy530kybxKHwEi85iU8YL0qQhSYVoQ=="}
ed25519.PubKey      - {"type":"tendermint/PubKeyEd25519","value":"AT/+aaL1eB0477Mud9JMm8Sh8BIvOYlPGC9KkIUmFaE="}
sr25519.PrivKeySr25519   - {"type":"tendermint/PrivKeySr25519","value":"xtYVH8UCIqfrY8FIFc0QEpAEBShSG4NT0zlEOVSZ2w4="}
sr25519.PubKeySr25519    - {"type":"tendermint/PubKeySr25519","value":"8sKBLKQ/OoXMcAJVxBqz1U7TyxRFQ5cmliuHy4MrF0s="}
crypto.PrivKeySecp256k1   - {"type":"tendermint/PrivKeySecp256k1","value":"zx4Pnh67N+g2V+5vZbQzEyRerX9c4ccNZOVzM9RvJ0Y="}
crypto.PubKeySecp256k1    - {"type":"tendermint/PubKeySecp256k1","value":"A8lPKJXcNl5VHt1FK8a244K9EJuS4WX1hFBnwisi0IJx"}