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Is there any way i can derive private and public keypairs from a Master Key? The Master Key should be able to decrypt every encryption made with the generated Keypairs.

to explain a bit further i want to save encrypted data on IPFS, which can only be accessed by the creator with its own private key and an admin which should have access to all encrypted data within the system.

I have read about deterministic wallets but i'm not sure if these are capable of what i want and how they work.

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Check Encrypt data using public key The admin should have the master key and the algorithm used to generate the key pairs

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  • I know how asymmetric crypto works. My question is whether it's possible to derive public/private keys from a "masterkey". And if so, how?
    – Bauer Marius
    Jun 8, 2019 at 13:16
  • yes, it is possible - you just generate the key pairs according to BIP39 for example. Check medium.com/coinmonks/… or medium.com/@harshagoli/…
    – KNK
    Jun 8, 2019 at 14:36
  • i derived a public key from a master key and it seems like i cannot decrypt text with my masterPrivateKey. Do you know why? gist.github.com/mx0c/3e8c0996a1655786f54b37af1ba1bd3c
    – Bauer Marius
    Jun 8, 2019 at 18:49
  • You should use privateKey not masterPrivateKey, but as you know how to get privateKey from the master, it should be enough for the admin
    – KNK
    Jun 8, 2019 at 20:29
  • Unfortunately this is not feasible for my use case. Thank you anyways.
    – Bauer Marius
    Jun 8, 2019 at 21:56

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