# eth-keygen

> Keygen for Ethereum keys and EOA's

Latest version **1.0.2** (published 2020-08-14) · ISC license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install eth-keygen
pnpm add eth-keygen
yarn add eth-keygen
bun add eth-keygen
```

## Health

**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.2 |
| Published | 2020-08-14 |
| First published | 2020-07-20 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | ISC |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 5 |
| Unpacked size | 4.9 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 4 |
| Author | Emil Bay |
| Maintainers | emilbayes |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/eth-keygen
- Repository: https://github.com/hyperdivision/eth-keygen
- Homepage: https://github.com/hyperdivision/eth-keygen#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/hyperdivision/eth-keygen/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/eth-keygen

## Dependencies (5)

- [sha3-wasm](https://npm.io/package/sha3-wasm.md) ^1.0.0
- [nanoassert](https://npm.io/package/nanoassert.md) ^2.0.0
- [eth-checksum](https://npm.io/package/eth-checksum.md) ^1.0.1
- [sodium-native](https://npm.io/package/sodium-native.md) ^3.2.0
- [secp256k1-native](https://npm.io/package/secp256k1-native.md) ^1.1.1

## Recent versions

- 1.0.2 (latest) — 2020-08-14
- 1.0.0 — 2020-07-20

## README

# `eth-keygen`

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/hyperdivision/eth-keygen.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/hyperdivision/eth-keygen)

> Keygen for Ethereum keys and EOA's

## Usage

```js
var keygen = require('eth-keygen')

const account = keygen() // { publicKey, privateKey, address }
```

## API

### `const { publicKey, privateKey, address } = keygen([privateKey], [chainId])`

Generate a new account, or recreate an existing one from `privateKey`, with
optional `chainId`. Returns `Buffer` `publicKey`, sodium `SecureBuffer`
`privateKey` and a checksum encoded `string` `address` (with optional `chainId`
included in the checksum).

## Install

```sh
npm install eth-keygen
```

## License

[ISC](LICENSE)

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