GenerateNewKeyPair

Generate a new Ed25519 keypair for use with Solana.

Generates a new Ed25519 keypair. Supply a hex-encoded seed for deterministic generation (useful for testing or key recovery) or omit it for a random keypair.

The private key is returned in plaintext over the gRPC connection. Use TLS in production. Never log or store the private key in an insecure location.

Request

seed · Hex-encoded string (optional)

Optional. 32-byte hex-encoded seed for deterministic keypair generation. If omitted, a cryptographically random keypair is generated.

Response

key_pair · KeyPair (object)

The generated keypair. See KeyPair for field definitions.

Code Examples

Go

// Random keypair
resp, err := client.GenerateNewKeyPair(ctx, &account_v1.GenerateNewKeyPairRequest{})
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Printf("Public key: %s\n", resp.KeyPair.PublicKey)

// Deterministic keypair from seed
respDet, err := client.GenerateNewKeyPair(ctx, &account_v1.GenerateNewKeyPairRequest{
    Seed: "a1b2c3d4e5f6...", // 32-byte hex seed
})