export declare function authenticateIdentity(chaingun: any, soul: string, password: string, encoding?: string): Promise<{
    alias: string;
    pub: string;
    epub: string;
    priv: string;
    epriv: string;
} | undefined>;
export declare function authenticate(chaingun: any, alias: string, password: string, opt?: {}): Promise<{
    alias: string;
    pub: string;
    epub: string;
    priv: string;
    epriv: string;
}>;