Generate Credentials

The Fission CLI commands for generating credentials

Use fission generate credentials to generate key pairs and DIDs.

Generate Credentials

The fission generate credentials command generates a new Ed25519 key pair and an associated DID.

$ fission generate credentials
✅ Generated an Ed25519 key pair and associated DID
🗝️  Private key: <private-key>
🔑 Public key: <public-key>
🆔 DID: <DID>

See the W3C did:key Method specification for details on the derivation of DIDs from public keys.

Generated key pairs are not stored anywhere and are not associated with your Fission user account. Be careful to store a copy somewhere safe.