feat: add support for ED25519 seeds that don't use the sEd prefix

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [[Unreleased]]
 ### Added:
 - Function to parse the final account balances from a transaction's metadata
+- Support for Ed25519 seeds that don't use the `sEd` prefix
 
 ### Fixed:
 - Typing for factory classmethods on models

tests/unit/core/addresscodec/test_codec.py

@@ -91,6 +91,27 @@ def test_seed_encode_decode_ed25519_high(self):
         self.assertEqual(decode_result, hex_string_bytes)
         self.assertEqual(encoding_type, CryptoAlgorithm.ED25519)
 
+    def test_seed_decode_ed25519_different_prefix(self):
+        hex_string = "2275BCC966EF1FED4AD08B11189A4157"
+        encoded_string = "ssB9S5Mca2hGZ73xNs4gruS1GY7fB"
+        hex_string_bytes = bytes.fromhex(hex_string)
+
+        decode_result, encoding_type = addresscodec.decode_seed(
+            encoded_string, CryptoAlgorithm.ED25519
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(decode_result, hex_string_bytes)
+        self.assertEqual(encoding_type, CryptoAlgorithm.ED25519)
+
+    def test_seed_decode_secp256k1_wrong_prefix(self):
+        encoded_string = "sEdV19BLfeQeKdEXyYA4NhjPJe6XBfG"
+
+        self.assertRaises(
+            addresscodec.XRPLAddressCodecException,
+            addresscodec.decode_seed,
+            encoded_string,
+            CryptoAlgorithm.SECP256K1,
+        )
+
     def test_seed_encode_decode_too_small(self):
         hex_string = "CF2DE378FBDD7E2EE87D486DFB5A7B"
         hex_string_bytes = bytes.fromhex(hex_string)

tests/unit/core/keypairs/test_main.py

@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@ def test_derive_keypair_ed25519_validator(self):
         with self.assertRaises(XRPLKeypairsException):
             keypairs.derive_keypair("sEdSKaCy2JT7JaM7v95H9SxkhP9wS2r", validator=True)
 
+    def test_derive_keypair_ed25519_different_prefix(self):
+        public, private = keypairs.derive_keypair(
+            "ssB9S5Mca2hGZ73xNs4gruS1GY7fB", algorithm=CryptoAlgorithm.ED25519
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            public,
+            "ED6BBFC23A490D021B87D25563C15DA953A7F0F1A493DAA3767FB27F82E2F80C3D",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            private,
+            "ED644E705250E4D736875E85DD3E5FBABA4E12E004549202010228E17D3D574576",
+        )
+
     def test_derive_keypair_secp256k1(self):
         public, private = keypairs.derive_keypair("sp5fghtJtpUorTwvof1NpDXAzNwf5")
         self.assertEqual(

xrpl/core/addresscodec/codec.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """This module encodes and decodes various types of base58 encodings."""
 
-from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import base58
 from typing_extensions import Final
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 _NODE_PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH: Final[int] = 33
 _ACCOUNT_PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH: Final[int] = 33
 
-_ALGORITHM_TO_PREFIX_MAP: Final[Dict[CryptoAlgorithm, List[int]]] = {
-    CryptoAlgorithm.ED25519: _ED25519_SEED_PREFIX,
-    CryptoAlgorithm.SECP256K1: _FAMILY_SEED_PREFIX,
-}
+_ALGORITHM_TO_PREFIX_MAP: Final[Dict[CryptoAlgorithm, List[List[int]]]] = {
+    CryptoAlgorithm.ED25519: [_ED25519_SEED_PREFIX, _FAMILY_SEED_PREFIX],
+    CryptoAlgorithm.SECP256K1: [_FAMILY_SEED_PREFIX],
+}  # first is default, rest are other options
 
 
 def _encode(bytestring: bytes, prefix: List[int], expected_length: int) -> str:
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ def _encode(bytestring: bytes, prefix: List[int], expected_length: int) -> str:
 
 def _decode(b58_string: str, prefix: bytes) -> bytes:
     """
-    b58_string: A base58 value
-    prefix: The prefix prepended to the bytestring
+    Args:
+        b58_string: A base58 value.
+        prefix: The prefix prepended to the bytestring.
 
-    Returns the byte decoding of the base58-encoded string.
+    Returns:
+        The byte decoding of the base58-encoded string.
     """
     prefix_length = len(prefix)
     decoded = base58.b58decode_check(b58_string, alphabet=XRPL_ALPHABET)
@@ -84,25 +86,39 @@ def encode_seed(entropy: bytes, encoding_type: CryptoAlgorithm) -> str:
             f"Encoding type must be one of {CryptoAlgorithm}"
         )
 
-    prefix = _ALGORITHM_TO_PREFIX_MAP[encoding_type]
+    prefix = _ALGORITHM_TO_PREFIX_MAP[encoding_type][0]
     return _encode(entropy, prefix, SEED_LENGTH)
 
 
-def decode_seed(seed: str) -> Tuple[bytes, CryptoAlgorithm]:
+def decode_seed(
+    seed: str, algorithm: Optional[CryptoAlgorithm] = None
+) -> Tuple[bytes, CryptoAlgorithm]:
     """
     Returns (decoded seed, its algorithm).
 
     Args:
-        seed: b58 encoding of a seed.
+        seed: The b58 encoding of a seed.
+        algorithm: The encoding algorithm. Inferred from the seed if not included.
 
     Returns:
         (decoded seed, its algorithm).
 
     Raises:
         XRPLAddressCodecException: If the seed is invalid.
     """
-    for algorithm in CryptoAlgorithm:
-        prefix = _ALGORITHM_TO_PREFIX_MAP[algorithm]
+    if algorithm is not None:
+        # check all algorithm prefixes
+        for prefix in _ALGORITHM_TO_PREFIX_MAP[algorithm]:
+            try:
+                decoded_result = _decode(seed, bytes(prefix))
+                return decoded_result, algorithm
+            except XRPLAddressCodecException:
+                # prefix is incorrect, wrong prefix
+                continue
+        raise XRPLAddressCodecException("Wrong algorithm for the seed type.")
+
+    for algorithm in CryptoAlgorithm:  # use default prefix
+        prefix = _ALGORITHM_TO_PREFIX_MAP[algorithm][0]
         try:
             decoded_result = _decode(seed, bytes(prefix))
             return decoded_result, algorithm

xrpl/core/keypairs/main.py

@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ def generate_seed(
     return addresscodec.encode_seed(parsed_entropy, algorithm)
 
 
-def derive_keypair(seed: str, validator: bool = False) -> Tuple[str, str]:
+def derive_keypair(
+    seed: str, validator: bool = False, algorithm: Optional[CryptoAlgorithm] = None
+) -> Tuple[str, str]:
     """
     Derive the public and private keys from a given seed value.
 
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ def derive_keypair(seed: str, validator: bool = False) -> Tuple[str, str]:
             :func:`generate_seed() <xrpl.core.keypairs.generate_seed>` to generate an
             appropriate value.
         validator: Whether the keypair is a validator keypair.
+        algorithm: The algorithm used to encode the keys. Inferred from the seed if not
+            included.
 
     Returns:
         A (public key, private key) pair derived from the given seed.
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ def derive_keypair(seed: str, validator: bool = False) -> Tuple[str, str]:
         XRPLKeypairsException: If the derived keypair did not generate a
             verifiable signature.
     """
-    decoded_seed, algorithm = addresscodec.decode_seed(seed)
+    decoded_seed, algorithm = addresscodec.decode_seed(seed, algorithm)
     module = _ALGORITHM_TO_MODULE_MAP[algorithm]
     public_key, private_key = module.derive_keypair(decoded_seed, validator)
     signature = module.sign(_VERIFICATION_MESSAGE, private_key)

xrpl/wallet/main.py

@@ -16,21 +16,29 @@ class Wallet:
     details.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self: Wallet, seed: str, sequence: int) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self: Wallet,
+        seed: str,
+        sequence: int,
+        *,
+        algorithm: Optional[CryptoAlgorithm] = None,
+    ) -> None:
         """
         Generate a new Wallet.
 
         Args:
             seed: The seed from which the public and private keys are derived.
             sequence: The next sequence number for the account.
+            algorithm: The algorithm used to encode the keys. Inferred from the seed if
+                not included.
         """
         self.seed = seed
         """
         The core value that is used to derive all other information about
         this wallet. MUST be kept secret!
         """
 
-        pk, sk = derive_keypair(self.seed)
+        pk, sk = derive_keypair(self.seed, algorithm=algorithm)
         self.public_key = pk
         """
         The public key that is used to identify this wallet's signatures, as
@@ -70,7 +78,7 @@ def create(
             The wallet that is generated from the given seed.
         """
         seed = generate_seed(algorithm=crypto_algorithm)
-        return cls(seed, sequence=0)
+        return cls(seed, sequence=0, algorithm=crypto_algorithm)
 
     def get_xaddress(
         self: Wallet, *, tag: Optional[int] = None, is_test: bool = False