randomPrivateKey

Generates a random compressed private key.

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Usage

import { randomPrivateKey } from '@stacks/transactions';

const privateKey = randomPrivateKey();
// e.g. 'f5a31c1268a1e37d4edaa05c7d11183c5fbfdcdc48aae36ea4d8cd5cb709932801'

Notes

• The returned key is always in compressed format (ends with 01, 66 hex characters).
• Uses cryptographically secure random bytes from @noble/secp256k1.

Reference Link

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Signature

function randomPrivateKey(): string;

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Returns

string

A random compressed private key as a hex string.