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tags: Client library
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# Wallet Module of Bandchain.js

This module provides functionalities to manage BandChain account. It can be used to create a private key from mnemonic, sign and verify signature, and account address manipulation.

## `PrivateKey`

A class for wrapping signing key, which is a byte array of private key, used for signature creation and public key derivation.

### `generate(path)`

A static method for generating new private key with random mnemonic phrase.

> If path is not given, default to Band's HD prefix 494 and all other indexes being zeroes.

#### Parameter

- path `string` - The HD path that follows the BIP32 standard (optional)

#### Return

- `[string, PrivateKey]` - A tuple of mnemonic phrase and [`PrivateKey`] instance

#### Exception

| Type | Description |
| ----------- | ------------------------- |
| CreateError | Cannot create private key |

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PrivateKey } = Wallet;
const [mnemonic, priv] = PrivateKey.generate("m/44'/494'/0'/0/3");

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### `fromMnemonic(word, path)`

A static method for creating a [`PrivateKey`] instance from a given mnemonic phrase and a HD derivation path.

> If path is not given, default to Band's HD prefix 494 and all other indexes being zeroes.

#### Parameter

- **words** `string` - The mnemonic phrase for recover private key
- **path** `string` - The HD path that follows the BIP32 standard (optional)

#### Return

- [`PrivateKey`] - Initialized PrivateKey object

#### Exception

| Type | Description |
| ----------- | ------------------------- |
| CreateError | Cannot create private key |

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PrivateKey } = Wallet;
const priv = PrivateKey.fromMnemonic("test mnemonic");

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### `fromHex(priv)`

Create a [`PrivateKey`] instance from a given a hex representation of signing key.

#### Parameter

- **priv** `string` - A hex representation of signing key.

#### Return

- [`PrivateKey`] - Initialized PrivateKey object

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PrivateKey } = Wallet;
const priv = PrivateKey.fromHex(
  "2442b724db7189468f16accc0fc505f0609817eb129e13702e696d8b84609ea9"
);

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### `toHex`

Return a hex representation of signing key.

#### Return

- `string` - A hex representation of signing key.

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PrivateKey } = Wallet;
const priv = PrivateKey.fromMnemonic("test mnemonic");
console.log(priv.toHex());

#### Result

2cb2e2d3582cebf0664d9cda0b89c5d478ae12fac19a6f4ed9c10a7406a19615

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### `toPubkey`

Create a [`PublicKey`] instance which is associated with given private key.

#### Return

- [`PublicKey`] - A PublicKey that can be used to verify the signatures made with this PrivateKey.

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PrivateKey } = Wallet;
const priv = PrivateKey.fromMnemonic("test mnemonic");
console.log(priv.toPubkey().toHex());

#### Result

02b2b0d35cb1c6d3923813c64e46a82d29e12d03288f438b9d3cf232d9a22bcb83

---

### `sign(msg)`

Sign and the given bytes array.

#### Parameter

- **msg** `Buffer` - The message that will be hashed and signed.

#### Return

- `Buffer` - A signature of this private key over the given message

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PrivateKey } = Wallet;
const priv = PrivateKey.fromMnemonic("test mnemonic");
console.log(priv.sign(Buffer.from("test message")).toString("hex"));

#### Result

4bbc9a7ea54b47b11c67a4074e8d9bca068cb64c788f67342c4033b1b6f0553e1bc63cdf9bc2fb6e89c1e965c1e0f0712a51c250627282309cd2fccf1470f4f6

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## `PublicKey`

Class for wraping verify Key`, which is a byte array of public key, used for signature verification, and generate bech32-encoded address.

### `fromAccBech32(bech)`

Creates a [`PublicKey`] instance from a bech32-encoded public key with account-pubkey prefix.

#### Parameter

- **bech** `string` - A bech32-encoded with account public key prefix.

#### Return

- [`PublicKey`] - A PublicKey instance

#### Exception

| Type | Description |
| ----------- | --------------------- |
| ValueError | Invalid bech32 prefix |
| DecodeError | Cannot decode bech32 |

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PublicKey } = Wallet;
const publickey = PublicKey.fromAccBech32(
  "bandpub1addwnpepqdg7nrsmuztj2re07svgcz4vuzn3de56nykdwlualepkk05txs5q6mw8s9v"
);

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### `fromValBech32(bech)`

Creates a [`PublicKey`] instance from a bech32-encoded public key with validator-pubkey prefix

#### Parameter

- **bech** `string` - A bech32-encoded with validator public key prefix

#### Return

- [`PublicKey`] - A PublicKey instance

#### Exception

| Type | Description |
| ----------- | --------------------- |
| ValueError | Invalid bech32 prefix |
| DecodeError | Cannot decode bech32 |

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PublicKey } = Wallet;
const publickey = PublicKey.fromValBech32(
  "bandvaloperpub1addwnpepqdg7nrsmuztj2re07svgcz4vuzn3de56nykdwlualepkk05txs5q69gsm29"
);

---

### `fromConsBech32(bech)`

Creates a [`PublicKey`] instance from a bech32-encoded public key with validator-consensus-pubkey prefix

#### Parameter

- **bech** `string` A bech32-encoded with validator consensus public key prefix

#### Return

- [`PublicKey`] - A PublicKey instance

#### Exception

| Type | Description |
| ----------- | --------------------- |
| ValueError | Invalid bech32 prefix |
| DecodeError | Cannot decode bech32 |

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PublicKey } = Wallet;
const publickey = PublicKey.fromConsBech32(
  "bandvalconspub1addwnpepqdg7nrsmuztj2re07svgcz4vuzn3de56nykdwlualepkk05txs5q6r8ytws"
);

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### `toHex`

Returns a hex representation of verifying key.

#### Return

- `string` - A hex representation of verifying key.

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PublicKey } = Wallet;
const publickey = PublicKey.fromAccBech32(
  "bandpub1addwnpepqdg7nrsmuztj2re07svgcz4vuzn3de56nykdwlualepkk05txs5q6mw8s9v"
);
console.log(publickey.toHex());

#### Result

0351e98e1be097250f2ff4188c0aace0a716e69a992cd77f9dfe436b3e8b34280d

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### `toPubkeyProto`

Returns an instance of Cosmos SDK Protobuf's [`PubKey`], which can be used for constructing transactions.

#### Return

- [`PubKey`] - An instance of Cosmos SDK Protobuf's `PubKey`

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PublicKey } = Wallet;
const publickey = PublicKey.fromAccBech32(
  "bandpub1addwnpepqdg7nrsmuztj2re07svgcz4vuzn3de56nykdwlualepkk05txs5q6mw8s9v"
);
// Converting to base64 is for displaying only
console.log(publickey.toPubkeyProto().getKey_asB64());

#### Result

A1HpjhvglyUPL/QYjAqs4KcW5pqZLNd/nf5Daz6LNCgN

---

### `toAccBech32`

Returns bech32-encoded public key with account-pubkey prefix

#### Return

- `string` - A bech32-encoded with account public key prefix.

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PublicKey } = Wallet;
const publickey = PublicKey.fromAccBech32(
  "bandpub1addwnpepqdg7nrsmuztj2re07svgcz4vuzn3de56nykdwlualepkk05txs5q6mw8s9v"
);
console.log(publickey.toAccBech32());

#### Result

bandpub1addwnpepqdg7nrsmuztj2re07svgcz4vuzn3de56nykdwlualepkk05txs5q6mw8s9v

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### `toValBech32`

Returns bech32-encoded public key with validator-pubkey prefix

#### Return

- `string` - A bech32-encoded with validator public key prefix.

### Exceptions

| Type | Description |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| UnsuccessfulCallError | Unsuccessful bech32.toWords call |

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PublicKey } = Wallet;
const publickey = PublicKey.fromAccBech32(
  "bandpub1addwnpepqdg7nrsmuztj2re07svgcz4vuzn3de56nykdwlualepkk05txs5q6mw8s9v"
);
console.log(publickey.toValBech32());

#### Result

bandvaloperpub1addwnpepqdg7nrsmuztj2re07svgcz4vuzn3de56nykdwlualepkk05txs5q69gsm29

---

### `toConsBech32`

Returns bech32-encoded public key with validator-consensus-pubkey prefix

#### Return

- `string` - A bech32-encoded with validator consensus public key prefix.

### Exceptions

| Type | Description |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| UnsuccessfulCallError | Unsuccessful bech32.toWords call |

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PublicKey } = Wallet;
const publickey = PublicKey.from_acc_bech32(
  "bandpub1addwnpepqdg7nrsmuztj2re07svgcz4vuzn3de56nykdwlualepkk05txs5q6mw8s9v"
);
console.log(publickey.toConsBech32());

#### Result

bandvalconspub1addwnpepqdg7nrsmuztj2re07svgcz4vuzn3de56nykdwlualepkk05txs5q6r8ytws

---

### `toAddress`

Returns an [`Address`] instance from given public key

#### Return

- [`Address`] - An Address instance.

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PublicKey } = Wallet;
const publickey = PublicKey.fromAccBech32(
  "bandpub1addwnpepqdg7nrsmuztj2re07svgcz4vuzn3de56nykdwlualepkk05txs5q6mw8s9v"
);
console.log(publickey.toAddress().toHex());

#### Result

8bb66ae5bb7e5ce1035557cf1c77430b987683d2

---

### `verify(msg, sig)`

Verify a signature made over provided data.

#### Parameter

- **msg** `Buffer` A data signed by the `signature`, will be hashed using sha256 function
- **sig** `Buffer` A encoding of the signature

#### Return

- `boolean` True if the verification was successful

#### Exception

| Type | Description |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| BadSignatureError | if the signature is invalid or malformed |

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { PrivateKey } = Wallet;
const priv = PrivateKey.fromMnemonic("test mnemonic");
const pubkey = priv.toPubkey();
const msg = Buffer.from("test message");
const sig = priv.sign(msg);
console.log(pubkey.verify(msg, sig));

#### Result

true

---

## `Address`

Class for wraping Address. Adding method to encode/decode to Bech32 format.

### `fromAccBech32(bech)`

Create an [`Address`] instance from a bech32-encoded with account prefix.

#### Parameter

- **bech** `string` - A bech32-encoded with account prefix.

#### Return

- [`Address`] - A Address instance

#### Exception

| Type | Description |
| ----------- | --------------------- |
| ValueError | Invalid bech32 prefix |
| DecodeError | Cannot decode bech32 |

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { Address } = Wallet;
address = Address.fromAccBech32("band13eznuehmqzd3r84fkxu8wklxl22r2qfmtlth8c");

---

### `fromValBech32(bech)`

Create an [`Address`] instance from a bech32-encoded with validator prefix

#### Parameter

- **bech** `string` - A bech32-encoded with validator prefix

#### Return

- [`Address`] - A Address instance

#### Exception

| Type | Description |
| ----------- | --------------------- |
| ValueError | Invalid bech32 prefix |
| DecodeError | Cannot decode bech32 |

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { Address } = Wallet;
address = Address.fromValBech32(
  "bandvaloper13eznuehmqzd3r84fkxu8wklxl22r2qfm8f05zn"
);

---

### `fromConsBech32(bech)`

Create an [`Address`] instance from a bech32-encoded with validator consensus prefix

#### Parameter

- **bech** `string` - A bech32-encoded with validator consensus prefix

#### Return

- [`Address`] - A Address instance

#### Exception

| Type | Description |
| ----------- | --------------------- |
| ValueError | Invalid bech32 prefix |
| DecodeError | Cannot decode bech32 |

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { Address } = Wallet;
const address = Address.fromConsBech32(
  "bandvalcons13eznuehmqzd3r84fkxu8wklxl22r2qfmn6ugwj"
);

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### `toHex`

Return a hex representation of `Address`.

#### Return

- `string` - A hex representation of Address.

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { Address } = Wallet;
const address = Address.fromAccBech32(
  "band13eznuehmqzd3r84fkxu8wklxl22r2qfmtlth8c"
);
console.log(address.toHex());

#### Result

8e453e66fb009b119ea9b1b8775be6fa9435013b

---

### `toAccBech32`

Return bech32-encoded with account prefix

#### Return

- `string` - A bech32-encoded with account prefix.

### Exceptions

| Type | Description |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| UnsuccessfulCallError | Unsuccessful bech32.toWords call |

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { Address } = Wallet;
const address = Address.fromAccBech32(
  "band13eznuehmqzd3r84fkxu8wklxl22r2qfmtlth8c"
);
console.log(Address.toAccBech32());

#### Result

band13eznuehmqzd3r84fkxu8wklxl22r2qfmtlth8c

---

### `toValBech32`

Return bech32-encoded with validator prefix

#### Return

- `string` A bech32-encoded with validator prefix.

### Exceptions

| Type | Description |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| UnsuccessfulCallError | Unsuccessful bech32.toWords call |

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { Address } = Wallet;
const address = Address.fromAccBech32(
  "band13eznuehmqzd3r84fkxu8wklxl22r2qfmtlth8c"
);
console.log(address.toValBech32());

#### Result

bandvaloper13eznuehmqzd3r84fkxu8wklxl22r2qfm8f05zn

---

### `toConsBech32`

Return bech32-encoded with validator consensus prefix

#### Return

- `string` - A bech32-encoded with validator consensus prefix.

### Exceptions

| Type | Description |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| UnsuccessfulCallError | Unsuccessful bech32.toWords call |

#### Example

import { Wallet } from "@bandprotocol/bandchain.js";

const { Address } = Wallet;
const address = Address.fromAccBech32(
  "band13eznuehmqzd3r84fkxu8wklxl22r2qfmtlth8c"
);
console.log(address.toConsBech32());

#### Result

bandvalcons13eznuehmqzd3r84fkxu8wklxl22r2qfmn6ugwj

[privatekey]: TODO:-add-link
[publickey]: TODO:-add-link
[address]: TODO:-add-link
[pubkey]: TODO:-add-link