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PrivateKey generation from entropy #59

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@csyhuang csyhuang commented Oct 5, 2020

Created a @staticmethod in the PrivateKey class called generate that creates a PrivateKey, which is a random hexadecimal string with nbytes bytes, using python's secrets standard module. A corresponding unit test is added.

Please let me know if the pull request meets the requirement, or there are any suggested changes.

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Returns:
A random hexadecimal string of length 2 * nbytes.
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return secrets.token_hex(nbytes)
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You are supposed to return a PrivateKey object here, this will just return a random hexadecimal string.

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Hi @SimoneBronzini , thanks for the reminder. I've made a correction there such that it returns a PrivateKey object, and I fix the random hexadecimal string to be of 32 bytes (for simplicity). Please let me know if that works or not? Thanks!

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Hi @SimoneBronzini I have made the change you mentioned and pushed the commit. May you have a look and let me know if that's OK? Thanks!

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