privateKeyToAccount

A Private Key Account is an interface that has the ability to sign transactions and messages with a given private key.

Import

import { privateKeyToAccount } from 'viem/accounts'

Usage

To initialize a Private Key Account, you will need to pass a private key to privateKeyToAccount:

import { createWalletClient, http } from 'viem'
import { privateKeyToAccount } from 'viem/accounts'
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'
 
const account = privateKeyToAccount('0xac0974bec39a17e36ba4a6b4d238ff944bacb478cbed5efcae784d7bf4f2ff80') 
 
const client = createWalletClient({
  account,
  chain: mainnet,
  transport: http()
})

Note: the above is a valid private key, but it is not a "real" private key. Please do not use it for anything other than testing.

Generating Private Keys

You can generate a random private key using the generatePrivateKey function:

import { generatePrivateKey } from 'viem/accounts'
 
const privateKey = generatePrivateKey()

Parameters

privateKey

• Type: Hex

The private key to use for the Account.