package types import ( "crypto/ecdsa" "fmt" ethcmn "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common" ethcrypto "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto" "github.com/pkg/errors" ) // GenerateAddress generates an Ethereum address. func GenerateEthAddress() ethcmn.Address { priv, err := ethcrypto.GenerateKey() if err != nil { panic(err) } return PrivKeyToEthAddress(priv) } // PrivKeyToEthAddress generates an Ethereum address given an ECDSA private key. func PrivKeyToEthAddress(p *ecdsa.PrivateKey) ethcmn.Address { return ethcrypto.PubkeyToAddress(ecdsa.PublicKey(p.PublicKey)) } // ValidateSigner attempts to validate a signer for a given slice of bytes over // which a signature and signer is given. An error is returned if address // derived from the signature and bytes signed does not match the given signer. func ValidateSigner(signBytes, sig []byte, signer ethcmn.Address) error { pk, err := ethcrypto.SigToPub(signBytes, sig) if err != nil { return errors.Wrap(err, "signature verification failed") } else if ethcrypto.PubkeyToAddress(*pk) != signer { return fmt.Errorf("invalid signature for signer: %s", signer) } return nil }