@scure/starknet

scure-starknet

Audited & minimal JS implementation of Starknet cryptography.

• Audited by an independent security firm
• Stark curve, pedersen and poseidon hashes
• Uses noble-curves for underlying arithmetics

This library belongs to scure

scure — audited micro-libraries.

• Zero or minimal dependencies
• Highly readable TypeScript / JS code
• PGP-signed releases and transparent NPM builds
• Check out homepage & all libraries: base, bip32, bip39, btc-signer, sr25519, starknet

Usage

npm install @scure/starknet

jsr add jsr:@scure/starknet

import * as starknet from '@scure/starknet';

We support all major platforms and runtimes.

Note: the examples use the 'deepStrictEqual' function from the 'assert' built-in NodeJS module to compare values.

In Typescript, you must first install the '@types/node' npm package and then import like this: import { deepStrictEqual } from 'assert';.

In vanilla Javascript, just do this: const { deepStrictEqual } = require("assert");

Curve

import { deepStrictEqual } from 'node:assert';
import * as starknet from '@scure/starknet';

// Signing and verification
const privateKey = '2dccce1da22003777062ee0870e9881b460a8b7eca276870f57c601f182136c';
const publicKey = starknet.getPublicKey(privateKey);
const messageHash = 'c465dd6b1bbffdb05442eb17f5ca38ad1aa78a6f56bf4415bdee219114a47';
const sig = starknet.sign(messageHash, privateKey);
const { r, s } = sig;
deepStrictEqual(r.toString(16), '5f496f6f210b5810b2711c74c15c05244dad43d18ecbbdbe6ed55584bc3b0a2');
deepStrictEqual(s.toString(16), '4e8657b153787f741a67c0666bad6426c3741b478c8eaa3155196fc571416f3');
deepStrictEqual(starknet.verify(sig, messageHash, publicKey), true);

// Private key to StarkKey
deepStrictEqual(
  starknet.getStarkKey('0x178047D3869489C055D7EA54C014FFB834A069C9595186ABE04EA4D1223A03F'),
  '0x1895a6a77ae14e7987b9cb51329a5adfb17bd8e7c638f92d6892d76e51cebcf'
);

// Pedersen hash
deepStrictEqual(
  starknet.pedersen(
    '0x3d937c035c878245caf64531a5756109c53068da139362728feb561405371cb',
    '0x208a0a10250e382e1e4bbe2880906c2791bf6275695e02fbbc6aeff9cd8b31a'
  ),
  '0x30e480bed5fe53fa909cc0f8c4d99b8f9f2c016be4c41e13a4848797979c662'
);

// Create private key from ethereum signature
const ethSignature =
  '0x21fbf0696d5e0aa2ef41a2b4ffb623bcaf070461d61cf7251c74161f82fec3a43' +
  '70854bc0a34b3ab487c1bc021cd318c734c51ae29374f2beb0e6f2dd49b4bf41c';
deepStrictEqual(
  starknet.ethSigToPrivate(ethSignature),
  '766f11e90cd7c7b43085b56da35c781f8c067ac0d578eabdceebc4886435bda'
);

Private key from mnemonic

npm install @scure/bip32 @scure/bip39

import { deepStrictEqual } from 'node:assert';
import * as bip32 from '@scure/bip32';
import * as bip39 from '@scure/bip39';
import * as starknet from '@scure/starknet';

const layer = 'starkex';
const application = 'starkdeployement';
const mnemonic =
  'range mountain blast problem vibrant void vivid doctor cluster enough melody ' +
  'salt layer language laptop boat major space monkey unit glimpse pause change vibrant';
const ethAddress = '0xa4864d977b944315389d1765ffa7e66F74ee8cd7';
const hdKey = bip32.HDKey.fromMasterSeed(bip39.mnemonicToSeedSync(mnemonic)).derive(
  starknet.getAccountPath(layer, application, ethAddress, 0)
);
if (!hdKey.privateKey) throw new Error('expected hdKey.privateKey');
deepStrictEqual(
  starknet.grindKey(hdKey.privateKey),
  '6cf0a8bf113352eb863157a45c5e5567abb34f8d32cddafd2c22aa803f4892c'
);

Poseidon

Poseidon hash can be used in the following way:

type PoseidonFn = ReturnType<typeof poseidon> & {
  m: number;
  rate: number;
  capacity: number;
};
function poseidonHash(x: bigint, y: bigint, fn?: PoseidonFn): bigint;
function poseidonHashFunc(x: Uint8Array, y: Uint8Array, fn?: PoseidonFn): Uint8Array;
function poseidonHashSingle(x: bigint, fn?: PoseidonFn): bigint;
function poseidonHashMany(values: bigint[], fn?: PoseidonFn): bigint;

Utils

import { deepStrictEqual } from 'node:assert';
import * as starknet from '@scure/starknet';

// Hash list of elements (same as hashChain, but includes single values and preserves order)
deepStrictEqual(
  starknet.computeHashOnElements([1, 2, 3]),
  '0xf9d95fbf356fbeda26538c92f7040abe51bf142350f73c9ee5ba7c660bae71'
);

// Key grinding
deepStrictEqual(
  starknet.grindKey('86F3E7293141F20A8BAFF320E8EE4ACCB9D4A4BF2B4D295E8CEE784DB46E0519'),
  '5c8c8683596c732541a59e03007b2d30dbbbb873556fe65b5fb63c16688f941'
);

// Starknet keccak
deepStrictEqual(
  starknet.keccak(new TextEncoder().encode('hello')),
  0x8aff950685c2ed4bc3174f3472287b56d9517b9c948127319a09a7a36deac8n
);

Security

The library has been audited:

• at version 2.2.0, in Apr 2026, by ourselves (self-audited)
  • Scope: everything
  • Changes since audit
• at version 0.3.0, in Sep 2023, independently, by Kudelski Security
  • PDFs: offline
  • Changes since audit
  • Scope: scure-starknet and its related abstract modules of noble-curves: curve, modular, poseidon, weierstrass
  • The audit has been funded by Starkware

Speed

npm run benchmark

Benchmark results on Apple M4:

pedersen x 1,131 ops/sec @ 883μs/op
poseidon x 10,916 ops/sec @ 91μs/op
verify x 820 ops/sec @ 1ms/op

Resources

• Starknet docs
• SNARK Security and Performance calculating security level of snarks.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2022 Paul Miller (https://paulmillr.com)

See LICENSE file.