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+# Revision history for nkeys
+
+## 0.0.1.0 -- 2024-04-1
+
+* First version with basic nkey support
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diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
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+module Main where
+
+import qualified Nats.Nkeys
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  putStrLn "Hello, Haskell!"
diff --git a/nkeys.cabal b/nkeys.cabal
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+cabal-version:      2.4
+name:               nkeys
+version:            0.0.1.0
+synopsis:           Nkeys ed25519 encoding for use with NATS
+
+description: This library exposes a custom encoding and decoding mechanism for ed25519 keys. This codec produces keys that are both URL safe and double-clickable 
+homepage:           https://github.com/autodidaddict/nkeys-hs
+
+-- A URL where users can report bugs.
+-- bug-reports:
+license:            Apache-2.0
+license-file:       LICENSE
+author:             Kevin Hoffman
+maintainer:         autodidaddict@users.noreply.github.com
+
+-- A copyright notice.
+-- copyright:
+category:           Cryptography
+extra-source-files: CHANGELOG.md
+
+library nkeys-lib
+    exposed-modules:  Nats.Nkeys
+
+    -- Modules included in this library but not exported.
+    other-modules: Nats.Nkeys.Pairs, Nats.Nkeys.Codec, Nats.Nkeys.Crc
+
+    -- LANGUAGE extensions used by modules in this package.
+    -- other-extensions:
+    build-depends:    base == 4.19.0.0,
+                      ed25519 >= 0.0.5 && < 0.1,
+                      bytestring ^>=0.11,
+                      text >= 2.1 && < 2.2,
+                      base32 >= 0.4 && < 0.5,                      
+                      vector >= 0.13.1 && < 0.14,
+                      binary >= 0.8.9 && < 0.9
+    hs-source-dirs:   src
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+
+executable nkeys-exe
+    main-is:          Main.hs
+
+    -- Modules included in this executable, other than Main.
+    -- other-modules:
+
+    -- LANGUAGE extensions used by modules in this package.
+    -- other-extensions:
+    build-depends:
+        base == 4.19.0.0,
+        nkeys-lib
+
+    hs-source-dirs:   app
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+
+test-suite nkeys-test
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
+    hs-source-dirs:   test
+    main-is:          NkeysTest.hs
+    build-depends:    base == 4.19.0.0,
+                      HUnit ^>=1.6,
+                      base32 >= 0.4 && < 0.5,
+                      text >= 2.1,  
+                      ed25519 >= 0.0.5 && < 0.1,
+                      nkeys-lib,
+                      bytestring ^>=0.11
diff --git a/src/Nats/Nkeys.hs b/src/Nats/Nkeys.hs
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+-- |
+-- Module       : Nats.Nkeys
+-- Copyright    : (c) 2023 Kevin Hoffman
+-- License      : Apache-2.0
+--
+-- Maintainer   : Kevin Hoffman
+--
+-- Support for the NATS encoding of ed25519 key pairs. Internally these keys and seeds are standard
+-- ed25519 bytes. This package provides an encoding/decoding layer on top that produces the long,
+-- capital-letter keys that begin with well-known prefixes.
+--
+-- The main benefit to using the NATS encoding for ed25519 keys is that Nkeys are URL-safe, prefixed
+-- with the purpose/role of the key, and are even double-clickable on most computers. Nkeys are also
+-- an integral part of NATS's decentralized, JWT-based security.
+--
+-- =Usage
+-- The following code shows some of the common ways of using this library
+--
+-- Creating a key pair from random bytes:
+-- 
+-- >>> bob <- create User
+-- >>> bob
+-- UBXEJQE5OZ2Y7YAWGLRQQDTFFUVUQMRZG6W4BU3FW2XDNYBXMH72OR45
+--
+-- Create a key pair from an existing seed:
+--
+-- >>> Just alice = createFromSeed $ seed bob
+-- >>> alice
+-- UBXEJQE5OZ2Y7YAWGLRQQDTFFUVUQMRZG6W4BU3FW2XDNYBXMH72OR45
+-- 
+-- Sign and verify messages using keys:
+--
+-- >>> let message = C.pack "hello there"
+-- >>> let Just sig = sign bob message
+-- >>> let verified = verify bob message sig
+--
+
+module Nats.Nkeys (
+    module Nats.Nkeys.Pairs,
+    module Nats.Nkeys.Codec,
+    module Crypto.Sign.Ed25519    
+) where
+
+import Nats.Nkeys.Pairs (KeyPair, create, publicKey, seed, createFromSeed, sign, verify)
+import Nats.Nkeys.Codec (KeyPrefix(..))
+import Crypto.Sign.Ed25519 (Signature)
diff --git a/src/Nats/Nkeys/Codec.hs b/src/Nats/Nkeys/Codec.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+module Nats.Nkeys.Codec (KeyPrefix (..), Nats.Nkeys.Codec.encode, encodeSeed, fromByte, toByte, decode, extractSeedPrefix, extractCrc) where
+
+import Data.Binary (encode, putWord8)
+import Data.Bits
+import Debug.Trace (trace)
+import Text.Printf (printf)
+import Data.ByteString as B
+import Data.ByteString.Base32 (decodeBase32, decodeBase32Unpadded, encodeBase32Unpadded)
+import Data.Data
+import Data.Text (Text, pack, append)
+import Data.Text.Encoding (encodeUtf8)
+import Data.Word (Word16, Word8)
+import Nats.Nkeys.Crc
+
+-- | Represents the well-known prefixes available for NATS-encoded keys
+data KeyPrefix = Seed -- ^ (__S__) Precedes all seed keys, followed by a type prefix
+  | Private -- ^ (__P__) Used for private keys
+  | Server -- ^ (__N__) Servers and their ilk (nodes, processes, etc)
+  | Cluster -- ^ (__C__) Clusters
+  | Operator -- ^ (__O__) Operators
+  | Account -- ^ (__A__) Accounts
+  | User -- ^ (__U__) Users
+  | Curve  -- ^ (__X__) Curve keys used for encryption/decryption
+  | Unknown -- ^ (__Z__) Catch-all for unknown prefixes
+   deriving (Eq, Show, Data, Typeable)
+
+toByte :: KeyPrefix -> Word8
+toByte prefix = case prefix of
+  Seed -> 18 `shiftL` 3
+  Private -> 15 `shiftL` 3
+  Server -> 13 `shiftL` 3
+  Cluster -> 2 `shiftL` 3
+  Operator -> 14 `shiftL` 3
+  Account -> 0
+  User -> 20 `shiftL` 3
+  Curve -> 23 `shiftL` 3
+  Unknown -> 25 `shiftL` 3
+
+fromByte :: Word8 -> KeyPrefix
+fromByte input = case input of
+  144 -> Seed
+  120 -> Private
+  104 -> Server
+  16 -> Cluster
+  112 -> Operator
+  0 -> Account
+  160 -> User
+  184 -> Curve
+  200 -> Unknown
+  _ -> Unknown
+
+encode :: KeyPrefix -> ByteString -> ByteString
+encode prefix input =
+  let raw = B.cons (toByte prefix) input
+   in encodeUtf8 . encodeBase32Unpadded $ appendCrc raw
+
+encodeSeed :: KeyPrefix -> ByteString -> ByteString
+encodeSeed publicPrefix input =
+  let input' = B.take 32 input
+      s = toByte Seed
+      p = toByte publicPrefix
+      raw = prefixBytes [s .|. p `shiftR` 5, fromIntegral $ (p .&. 31) `shiftL` 3] input'
+   in encodeUtf8 . encodeBase32Unpadded $ appendCrc raw
+
+decode :: ByteString -> Either Text ByteString
+decode input =
+  let decoded = decodeBase32Unpadded input
+      trimmed = dropEnd 2 <$> decoded
+      crc = crc16 <$> trimmed
+      expectedCrc = extractCrc <$> decoded       
+      crcValid = case (expectedCrc, crc) of
+        (Left _, _) -> False
+        (_, Left _) -> False
+        (Right d, Right c) -> d == c  
+  in
+    if crcValid then
+      trimmed
+    else
+      Left ("Invalid CRC " :: Text)
+
+extractCrc :: ByteString -> Word16
+extractCrc input =
+  let input' = B.takeEnd 2 input
+  in
+  case B.unpack input' of
+    [a,b] -> word16FromBytes (a, b)
+    _ ->
+      0
+
+extractSeedPrefix :: ByteString -> KeyPrefix
+extractSeedPrefix input =
+  let [r0, r1] = B.unpack $ B.take 2 input 
+      b0 = r0 .&. 248
+      b1 = ((r0 .&. 7) `shiftL` 5) .|. ((r1 .&. 248) `shiftR` 3)
+      pb0 = fromByte b0
+      pb1 = fromByte b1
+  in
+    if pb0 /= Seed
+    then Unknown
+    else pb1
+
+prefixBytes :: [Word8] -> ByteString -> ByteString
+prefixBytes bytes input =
+  B.pack bytes <> input
+  
+appendBytes :: [Word8] -> ByteString -> ByteString
+appendBytes bytes input =
+  input <> B.pack bytes
+  
+appendCrc :: ByteString -> ByteString
+appendCrc raw = 
+  raw <> B.pack (encodeWord16 $ crc16 raw)
+
+encodeWord16 :: Word16 -> [Word8]
+encodeWord16 x =
+  let right_byte = x .&. 0xFF
+      left_byte = ( x `shiftR` 8 ) .&. 0xFF
+  in Prelude.map fromIntegral [right_byte, left_byte]
+
+word16FromBytes :: (Word8, Word8) -> Word16 
+word16FromBytes (a, b) =
+  let a' = fromIntegral a
+      b' = shift (fromIntegral b) 8
+  in
+    a' .|. b'
diff --git a/src/Nats/Nkeys/Crc.hs b/src/Nats/Nkeys/Crc.hs
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+module Nats.Nkeys.Crc where
+
+import Data.Bits (shiftR, shiftL, xor, (.&.))
+import Data.Word (Word16, Word8)
+import Data.ByteString
+
+-- CRC-16 lookup table (CCITT XMODEM)
+crcTable :: [Word16]
+crcTable =
+  [ 0x0000,
+    0x1021,
+    0x2042,
+    0x3063,
+    0x4084,
+    0x50a5,
+    0x60c6,
+    0x70e7,
+    0x8108,
+    0x9129,
+    0xa14a,
+    0xb16b,
+    0xc18c,
+    0xd1ad,
+    0xe1ce,
+    0xf1ef,
+    0x1231,
+    0x0210,
+    0x3273,
+    0x2252,
+    0x52b5,
+    0x4294,
+    0x72f7,
+    0x62d6,
+    0x9339,
+    0x8318,
+    0xb37b,
+    0xa35a,
+    0xd3bd,
+    0xc39c,
+    0xf3ff,
+    0xe3de,
+    0x2462,
+    0x3443,
+    0x0420,
+    0x1401,
+    0x64e6,
+    0x74c7,
+    0x44a4,
+    0x5485,
+    0xa56a,
+    0xb54b,
+    0x8528,
+    0x9509,
+    0xe5ee,
+    0xf5cf,
+    0xc5ac,
+    0xd58d,
+    0x3653,
+    0x2672,
+    0x1611,
+    0x0630,
+    0x76d7,
+    0x66f6,
+    0x5695,
+    0x46b4,
+    0xb75b,
+    0xa77a,
+    0x9719,
+    0x8738,
+    0xf7df,
+    0xe7fe,
+    0xd79d,
+    0xc7bc,
+    0x48c4,
+    0x58e5,
+    0x6886,
+    0x78a7,
+    0x0840,
+    0x1861,
+    0x2802,
+    0x3823,
+    0xc9cc,
+    0xd9ed,
+    0xe98e,
+    0xf9af,
+    0x8948,
+    0x9969,
+    0xa90a,
+    0xb92b,
+    0x5af5,
+    0x4ad4,
+    0x7ab7,
+    0x6a96,
+    0x1a71,
+    0x0a50,
+    0x3a33,
+    0x2a12,
+    0xdbfd,
+    0xcbdc,
+    0xfbbf,
+    0xeb9e,
+    0x9b79,
+    0x8b58,
+    0xbb3b,
+    0xab1a,
+    0x6ca6,
+    0x7c87,
+    0x4ce4,
+    0x5cc5,
+    0x2c22,
+    0x3c03,
+    0x0c60,
+    0x1c41,
+    0xedae,
+    0xfd8f,
+    0xcdec,
+    0xddcd,
+    0xad2a,
+    0xbd0b,
+    0x8d68,
+    0x9d49,
+    0x7e97,
+    0x6eb6,
+    0x5ed5,
+    0x4ef4,
+    0x3e13,
+    0x2e32,
+    0x1e51,
+    0x0e70,
+    0xff9f,
+    0xefbe,
+    0xdfdd,
+    0xcffc,
+    0xbf1b,
+    0xaf3a,
+    0x9f59,
+    0x8f78,
+    0x9188,
+    0x81a9,
+    0xb1ca,
+    0xa1eb,
+    0xd10c,
+    0xc12d,
+    0xf14e,
+    0xe16f,
+    0x1080,
+    0x00a1,
+    0x30c2,
+    0x20e3,
+    0x5004,
+    0x4025,
+    0x7046,
+    0x6067,
+    0x83b9,
+    0x9398,
+    0xa3fb,
+    0xb3da,
+    0xc33d,
+    0xd31c,
+    0xe37f,
+    0xf35e,
+    0x02b1,
+    0x1290,
+    0x22f3,
+    0x32d2,
+    0x4235,
+    0x5214,
+    0x6277,
+    0x7256,
+    0xb5ea,
+    0xa5cb,
+    0x95a8,
+    0x8589,
+    0xf56e,
+    0xe54f,
+    0xd52c,
+    0xc50d,
+    0x34e2,
+    0x24c3,
+    0x14a0,
+    0x0481,
+    0x7466,
+    0x6447,
+    0x5424,
+    0x4405,
+    0xa7db,
+    0xb7fa,
+    0x8799,
+    0x97b8,
+    0xe75f,
+    0xf77e,
+    0xc71d,
+    0xd73c,
+    0x26d3,
+    0x36f2,
+    0x0691,
+    0x16b0,
+    0x6657,
+    0x7676,
+    0x4615,
+    0x5634,
+    0xd94c,
+    0xc96d,
+    0xf90e,
+    0xe92f,
+    0x99c8,
+    0x89e9,
+    0xb98a,
+    0xa9ab,
+    0x5844,
+    0x4865,
+    0x7806,
+    0x6827,
+    0x18c0,
+    0x08e1,
+    0x3882,
+    0x28a3,
+    0xcb7d,
+    0xdb5c,
+    0xeb3f,
+    0xfb1e,
+    0x8bf9,
+    0x9bd8,
+    0xabbb,
+    0xbb9a,
+    0x4a75,
+    0x5a54,
+    0x6a37,
+    0x7a16,
+    0x0af1,
+    0x1ad0,
+    0x2ab3,
+    0x3a92,
+    0xfd2e,
+    0xed0f,
+    0xdd6c,
+    0xcd4d,
+    0xbdaa,
+    0xad8b,
+    0x9de8,
+    0x8dc9,
+    0x7c26,
+    0x6c07,
+    0x5c64,
+    0x4c45,
+    0x3ca2,
+    0x2c83,
+    0x1ce0,
+    0x0cc1,
+    0xef1f,
+    0xff3e,
+    0xcf5d,
+    0xdf7c,
+    0xaf9b,
+    0xbfba,
+    0x8fd9,
+    0x9ff8,
+    0x6e17,
+    0x7e36,
+    0x4e55,
+    0x5e74,
+    0x2e93,
+    0x3eb2,
+    0x0ed1,
+    0x1ef0
+  ]
+
+-- Calculate CRC-16 of a string
+crc16 :: ByteString -> Word16
+crc16 str = foldl' crcUpdate 0 str
+
+validate :: ByteString -> Word16 -> Bool
+validate input expected =
+  crc16 input == expected
+  
+-- Update CRC-16 value
+-- from the go code:
+-- crc = ((crc << 8) & 0xffff) ^ crc16tab[((crc>>8)^uint16(b))&0x00FF]
+crcUpdate :: Word16 -> Word8 -> Word16
+crcUpdate crc byte = 
+  let tableIndex = fromIntegral (((crc `shiftR` 8) `xor` fromIntegral byte) .&. 0xff)
+      crcVal = crcTable !! tableIndex `xor` (crc `shiftL` 8)
+  in crcVal
+
diff --git a/src/Nats/Nkeys/Pairs.hs b/src/Nats/Nkeys/Pairs.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Nats/Nkeys/Pairs.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE NamedFieldPuns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
+
+module Nats.Nkeys.Pairs where
+
+import Crypto.Sign.Ed25519 (PublicKey (unPublicKey), SecretKey (unSecretKey), Signature, createKeypair, createKeypairFromSeed_, dsign, dverify)
+import Data.ByteString (drop, index)
+import Data.ByteString hiding (unpack)
+import Data.Text (pack, unpack)
+import Data.Text.Encoding (decodeUtf8, encodeUtf8)
+import Nats.Nkeys.Codec (KeyPrefix (..), decode, encode, encodeSeed, extractSeedPrefix, fromByte)
+
+-- | Represents an ed25519 key pair with NATS string encoding
+data KeyPair = KeyPair {prefixByte :: KeyPrefix, pk :: PublicKey, sk :: SecretKey} deriving (Eq)
+
+instance Show KeyPair where
+  show p = unpack . decodeUtf8 $ publicKey p
+
+-- | Returns the public key of the pair as a prefixed byte string
+publicKey :: KeyPair -> ByteString
+publicKey (KeyPair {prefixByte, pk, ..}) = encode prefixByte $ unPublicKey pk
+
+-- | Returns the seed (private) key of the pair as a prefixed string starting with S
+seed :: KeyPair -> ByteString
+seed (KeyPair {prefixByte, sk, ..}) = encodeSeed prefixByte $ unSecretKey sk
+
+-- | Creates a new keypair from an encoded seed with an appropriate prefix. Do not
+-- call this function with unencoded ed25519 seeds
+createFromSeed :: ByteString -> Maybe KeyPair
+createFromSeed input =
+  let decoded = decode input
+      prefix = case extractSeedPrefix <$> decoded of
+        Left _ -> Unknown
+        Right p -> p
+      rawkp = createKeypairFromSeed_ . Data.ByteString.drop 2 <$> decoded
+   in case rawkp of
+        Left x -> Nothing
+        Right Nothing -> Nothing
+        Right (Just (p, s)) ->
+          Just KeyPair {prefixByte = prefix, pk = p, sk = s}
+
+-- | This IO action creates a new key pair from a randomly generated 32-byte seed
+create :: KeyPrefix -> IO KeyPair
+create prefix = do
+  (pk, sk) <- createKeypair
+  return KeyPair {prefixByte = prefix, pk = pk, sk = sk}
+
+-- | Signs the given input bytes using the key pair's seed key
+sign :: KeyPair -> ByteString -> Maybe Signature
+sign (KeyPair {prefixByte = Curve, ..}) = const Nothing
+sign (KeyPair {sk, ..}) = Just . Crypto.Sign.Ed25519.dsign sk
+
+-- | Verifies a signature against the key pair's public key and the input bytes
+verify :: KeyPair -> ByteString -> Signature -> Bool
+verify (KeyPair {prefixByte = Curve, ..}) = \ _ _ -> False
+verify (KeyPair {pk, ..}) = Crypto.Sign.Ed25519.dverify pk
diff --git a/test/NkeysTest.hs b/test/NkeysTest.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/NkeysTest.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
+
+module Main where
+
+import Test.HUnit
+import qualified System.Exit as Exit
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as C
+import Data.Text.Encoding
+import Crypto.Sign.Ed25519 hiding (sign, verify)
+import Data.ByteString.Base32 (decodeBase32, decodeBase32Unpadded, encodeBase32Unpadded)
+
+import Data.ByteString as BS
+import Nats.Nkeys
+
+codecRoundTrip :: Test
+codecRoundTrip =
+    TestCase (do bob <- create User
+                 let bobSeed = seed bob
+                 case createFromSeed bobSeed of
+                    Just roundTripUser -> 
+                        assertEqual "decoded encode should equal original key" bobSeed (seed roundTripUser)
+                    Nothing ->
+                        assertBool "failed round trip of generated pair" False)
+
+verifyAndSignTest :: Test
+verifyAndSignTest =
+    TestCase (do bob <- create User                 
+                 let message = "hello there" :: ByteString
+                 let Just sig = sign bob message
+                 let verified = verify bob message sig
+                 assertEqual "signature should be verifiable" verified True)
+
+officialGoRoundTrip :: Test
+officialGoRoundTrip =
+    TestCase (do let goPublic = "UAYTKBRMQCOPT7AGPZA3U5QYUNZIZYLL6TX4WY36GBEGZSVP4TIXUY3B"
+                 let goSeed = "SUALB7CYOPEXH27JJHTWAR5JOLFRCVT2J2AJYBZ5GBP6I52HUW5JKLLJPU"
+                 let Just roundTripUser = createFromSeed goSeed
+                 assertEqual "decoded encode public key should match" goPublic (publicKey roundTripUser)
+                 assertEqual "decoded encode should equal original key" goSeed (seed roundTripUser))
+
+rejectBadCrc :: Test
+rejectBadCrc = 
+    -- note the last character of the go seed has been tampered with
+    TestCase (do let goSeed = "SUALB7CYOPEXH27JJHTWAR5JOLFRCVT2J2AJYBZ5GBP6I52HUW5JKLLJPA"
+                 let m = createFromSeed goSeed
+                 assertEqual "should not be able to create seed with bad CRC" m Nothing)
+
+-- commented out because I don't want the crc function exposed in the public API
+
+-- crc :: Test 
+-- crc = 
+--     TestCase (do let goSeed = "SUALB7CYOPEXH27JJHTWAR5JOLFRCVT2J2AJYBZ5GBP6I52HUW5JKLLJPU" :: ByteString
+--                      input = dropEnd 2 <$> decodeBase32Unpadded goSeed
+--                      crc = case input of
+--                         Right i -> crc16 i
+--                         _ -> 42
+                 
+--                  assertEqual "CRC" crc 32105) -- 32105 obtained by executing crc16 function in the Go lib
+
+tests :: Test
+tests = TestList [TestLabel "Codec Round Trip" codecRoundTrip,
+                  TestLabel "Round Trip with Go-Generated Seed" officialGoRoundTrip,
+--                  TestLabel "Verify CRC matches Go CRC" crc,
+                  TestLabel "Cannot create a pair with a bad CRC" rejectBadCrc,
+                  TestLabel "Verification Round Trip" verifyAndSignTest]
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+    result <- runTestTT tests    
+    if failures result > 0 then Exit.exitFailure else Exit.exitSuccess
+
