Method set

test/functional/test_framework/key.py:346–353

Construct a private key object with given 32-byte secret and compressed flag.

(self, secret, compressed)

        self.valid = False

    def set(self, secret, compressed):
        """Construct a private key object with given 32-byte secret and compressed flag."""
        assert(len(secret) == 32)
        secret = int.from_bytes(secret, 'big')
        self.valid = (secret > 0 and secret < SECP256K1_ORDER)
        if self.valid:
            self.secret = secret
            self.compressed = compressed

    def generate(self, compressed=True):
        """Generate a random private key (compressed or uncompressed)."""