Hello,

I've recently been exploring how the Onion protocol works within Tor.

I've successfully got the private key out of hs_ed25519_secret_key which is simple enough, but I want to now use that to create the associated hs_ed25519_public_key. So far, I've Base64 encoded "== ed25519v1-public: type0 ==" + 0x000000731a + private_key, and the first part of the output look correct until the hex area. I'm not sure what this mysterious hex value is, but all hs_ed25519_public_keys seem to have it.

This is the resulting (first part) of the public key: PT0gZWQyNTUxOXYxLXB1YmxpYzogdHlwZTAgPT0AAABzGo

With that all being said, what am I missing? What data needs encoded along with the private key to get hs_ed25519_public_key?

Bonus questions:

1. What also goes into the hs_ed25519_secret_key? I've got the private key out but I'm unsure what the other contents are.

2. I've checked the Tor specification and it states the Onion address is calculated with this:

   onion_address = base32(PUBKEY | CHECKSUM | VERSION) + ".onion" CHECKSUM = H(".onion checksum" | PUBKEY | VERSION)[:2]

What does the H function refer to here? This thread implies it may be SHA3, but then which SHA3? 256? 512? So on.

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I've been having a hard time finding resources which explicitly state this stuff, therefore I'd greatly appreciate any help or referrals to resources.

Thanks :)

P.S. Sorry if my first question is too Tor-ish. I will be posting it on that subreddit too, but I figure I may also find help over here.

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