Struct PublicKey

pub struct PublicKey {
    pub compressed: bool,
    pub inner: PublicKey,
}

A Bitcoin ECDSA public key

Fields

compressed: bool

Whether this public key should be serialized as compressed

inner: PublicKey

The actual ECDSA key

Implementations

impl PublicKey

pub fn new(key: PublicKey) -> PublicKey

Constructs compressed ECDSA public key from the provided generic Secp256k1 public key

pub fn new_uncompressed(key: PublicKey) -> PublicKey

Constructs uncompressed (legacy) ECDSA public key from the provided generic Secp256k1 public key

pub fn pubkey_hash(&self) -> PubkeyHash

Returns bitcoin 160-bit hash of the public key

pub fn wpubkey_hash(&self) -> Option<WPubkeyHash>

Returns bitcoin 160-bit hash of the public key for witness program

pub fn write_into<W>(&self, writer: W) -> Result<(), Error>

where W: Write,

Write the public key into a writer

pub fn read_from<R>(reader: R) -> Result<PublicKey, Error>

where R: Read,

Read the public key from a reader

This internally reads the first byte before reading the rest, so use of a BufReader is recommended.

pub fn to_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8>

Serialize the public key to bytes

pub fn to_sort_key(self) -> SortKey

Serialize the public key into a SortKey.

SortKey is not too useful by itself, but it can be used to sort a [PublicKey] slice using sort_unstable_by_key, sort_by_cached_key, sort_by_key, or any of the other *_by_key methods on slice. Pass the method into the sort method directly. (ie. PublicKey::to_sort_key)

This method of sorting is in line with Bitcoin Core’s implementation of sorting keys for output descriptors such as sortedmulti().

If every PublicKey in the slice is compressed == true then this will sort the keys in a BIP67 compliant way.

Example: Using with sort_unstable_by_key

use std::str::FromStr;
use bitcoin::PublicKey;

let pk = |s| PublicKey::from_str(s).unwrap();

let mut unsorted = [
    pk("04c4b0bbb339aa236bff38dbe6a451e111972a7909a126bc424013cba2ec33bc38e98ac269ffe028345c31ac8d0a365f29c8f7e7cfccac72f84e1acd02bc554f35"),
    pk("038f47dcd43ba6d97fc9ed2e3bba09b175a45fac55f0683e8cf771e8ced4572354"),
    pk("028bde91b10013e08949a318018fedbd896534a549a278e220169ee2a36517c7aa"),
    pk("04c4b0bbb339aa236bff38dbe6a451e111972a7909a126bc424013cba2ec33bc3816753d96001fd7cba3ce5372f5c9a0d63708183033538d07b1e532fc43aaacfa"),
    pk("032b8324c93575034047a52e9bca05a46d8347046b91a032eff07d5de8d3f2730b"),
    pk("045d753414fa292ea5b8f56e39cfb6a0287b2546231a5cb05c4b14ab4b463d171f5128148985b23eccb1e2905374873b1f09b9487f47afa6b1f2b0083ac8b4f7e8"),
    pk("0234dd69c56c36a41230d573d68adeae0030c9bc0bf26f24d3e1b64c604d293c68"),
];
let sorted = [
    // These first 4 keys are in a BIP67 compatible sorted order
    // (since they are compressed)
    pk("0234dd69c56c36a41230d573d68adeae0030c9bc0bf26f24d3e1b64c604d293c68"),
    pk("028bde91b10013e08949a318018fedbd896534a549a278e220169ee2a36517c7aa"),
    pk("032b8324c93575034047a52e9bca05a46d8347046b91a032eff07d5de8d3f2730b"),
    pk("038f47dcd43ba6d97fc9ed2e3bba09b175a45fac55f0683e8cf771e8ced4572354"),
    // Uncompressed keys are not BIP67 compliant, but are sorted
    // after compressed keys in Bitcoin Core using `sortedmulti()`
    pk("045d753414fa292ea5b8f56e39cfb6a0287b2546231a5cb05c4b14ab4b463d171f5128148985b23eccb1e2905374873b1f09b9487f47afa6b1f2b0083ac8b4f7e8"),
    pk("04c4b0bbb339aa236bff38dbe6a451e111972a7909a126bc424013cba2ec33bc3816753d96001fd7cba3ce5372f5c9a0d63708183033538d07b1e532fc43aaacfa"),
    pk("04c4b0bbb339aa236bff38dbe6a451e111972a7909a126bc424013cba2ec33bc38e98ac269ffe028345c31ac8d0a365f29c8f7e7cfccac72f84e1acd02bc554f35"),
];

unsorted.sort_unstable_by_key(|k| PublicKey::to_sort_key(*k));

assert_eq!(unsorted, sorted);

pub fn from_slice(data: &[u8]) -> Result<PublicKey, Error>

Deserialize a public key from a slice

pub fn from_private_key<C>(secp: &Secp256k1<C>, sk: &PrivateKey) -> PublicKey

where C: Signing,

Computes the public key as supposed to be used with this secret

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for PublicKey

fn clone(&self) -> PublicKey

Returns a copy of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for PublicKey

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error>

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Deserialize for PublicKey

fn deserialize(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<PublicKey, Error>

Deserialize a value from raw data.

impl Display for PublicKey

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error>

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl FromStr for PublicKey

type Err = Error

The associated error which can be returned from parsing.

fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<PublicKey, Error>

Parses a string s to return a value of this type.

impl Hash for PublicKey

fn hash<__H>(&self, state: &mut __H)

where __H: Hasher,

Feeds this value into the given Hasher.

fn hash_slice<H>(data: &[Self], state: &mut H)

where H: Hasher, Self: Sized,

Feeds a slice of this type into the given Hasher.

impl Ord for PublicKey

fn cmp(&self, other: &PublicKey) -> Ordering

This method returns an Ordering between self and other.

fn max(self, other: Self) -> Self

where Self: Sized,

Compares and returns the maximum of two values.

fn min(self, other: Self) -> Self

where Self: Sized,

Compares and returns the minimum of two values.

fn clamp(self, min: Self, max: Self) -> Self

where Self: Sized,

Restrict a value to a certain interval.

impl PartialEq for PublicKey

fn eq(&self, other: &PublicKey) -> bool

Tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason.

impl PartialOrd for PublicKey

fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &PublicKey) -> Option<Ordering>

This method returns an ordering between self and other values if one exists.

fn lt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests less than (for self and other) and is used by the < operator.

fn le(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests less than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the <= operator.

fn gt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests greater than (for self and other) and is used by the > operator.

fn ge(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests greater than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the >= operator.

impl Serialize for PublicKey

fn serialize(&self) -> Vec<u8>

Serialize a value as raw data.

impl Copy for PublicKey

impl Eq for PublicKey

impl StructuralPartialEq for PublicKey