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add crypto key types

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
cryptography

Research direction

Start by locating the multicodec table or entry point that defines public-key types, then review how existing key types are represented. Add the secp256k1 key type consistently with those entries and verify that a secp256k1 public key can be encoded; the issue does not name a test or file to run.

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Description

Now multikey is not implemented yet, I need to encode the pubkey of secp256k1. Can add the key type of secp256k1 here?

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