Method for creating a new key from scratch

dccef707 · obscuren · 1fbea2e4 · dccef707
Commit dccef707 authored Jun 15, 2014 by obscuren
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keypair.go ethutil/keypair.go +6 -0

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--- a/ethutil/keypair.go
+++ b/ethutil/keypair.go
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ type KeyPair struct {
 	account *StateObject
 }

+func GenerateNewKeyPair() (*KeyPair, error) {
+	_, prv := secp256k1.GenerateKeyPair()
+
+	return NewKeyPairFromSec(prv)
+}
+
 func NewKeyPairFromSec(seckey []byte) (*KeyPair, error) {
 	pubkey, err := secp256k1.GeneratePubKey(seckey)
 	if err != nil {