I'm wondering if it's possible to use the Bitcoin public and private keys (usually used for signing) for text encryption. This is an example in nodeJs:
import pkg from 'bitcore-lib'
const { PrivateKey, Networks } = pkg
const privateKey = new PrivateKey(Networks['livenet'])
const myObject = {
privateKey: privateKey,
P2PKHAddress: privateKey.toAddress(),
publicKey: privateKey.toPublicKey(),
wif: privateKey.toWIF()
}
It is possible to use publicKey to encrypt a message and decrypt with privateKey?
const encryptedText = encrypt('Hello', publicKey)
const decryptedText = decrypt(encryptedText, privateKey)
assert decryptedText === 'Hello'
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October 22, 2022 at 12:40AM