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#### key
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The [keypair]([orbit-db-keystore]()) used to access the database.
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The [keypair](https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db/blob/master/GUIDE.md#keys) used to access the database.
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```
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const key = db.key
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console.log(key)
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// <Key priv: db8ef129f3d26ac5d7c17b402027488a8f4b2e7fa855c27d680b714cf9c1f87e
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// pub: <EC Point x: f0e33d60f9824ce10b2c8983d3da0311933e82cf5ec9374cd82c0af699cbde5b
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// y: ce206bfccf889465c6g6f9a7fdf452f9c3e1204a6f1b4582ec427ec12b116de9> >
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```
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The key contains the keypair used to sign the database entries. The public key can be retrieved with:
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```
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console.log(db.key.getPublic('hex'))
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```
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The key can also be accessed from the [OrbitDB](#orbitdb) instance: `orbitdb.key.getPublic('hex')`.
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#### type
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@ -132,13 +132,19 @@ The database manifest can be fetched from IPFS and it looks like this:
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### Keys
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Each entry in a database is signed by who created that entry. The signing key, the key that a peer uses to sign entries, can be accessed as a member variable of the database instance:
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```
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db.key
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const key = db.key
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console.log(key)
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// <Key priv: db8ef129f3d26ac5d7c17b402027488a8f4b2e7fa855c27d680b714cf9c1f87e
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// pub: <EC Point x: f0e33d60f9824ce10b2c8983d3da0311933e82cf5ec9374cd82c0af699cbde5b
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// y: ce206bfccf889465c6g6f9a7fdf452f9c3e1204a6f1b4582ec427ec12b116de9> >
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```
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The key contains the keypair used to sign the database entries. The public key can be retrieved with:
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```
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db.key.getPublic('hex')
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console.log(db.key.getPublic('hex'))
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```
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The key can also be accessed from the OrbitDB instance: `orbitdb.key.getPublic('hex')`.
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