Preview documentation. Algorithm-by-algorithm reference with test vectors published at openagent.id/specification/cryptography.
PrimitiveUse
Ed25519Document signatures, lineage proofs, credentials
X25519OAAP ephemeral key exchange
HKDF-SHA256Deterministic child key derivation
BLAKE3Document integrity, session ID derivation
AES-256-GCMEncrypted session tokens, data at rest
XChaCha20-Poly1305Alternative AEAD (embedded environments)
Argon2idPassword-derived key wrapping
FROST-Ed25519Threshold signatures for MHR
JCS (RFC 8785)Deterministic JSON canonicalization
Multibase base58btcPublic key encoding in DIDs