import { PrivateKey } from './PrivateKey'
/**
 * @class PublicKey - A class that represents a public key.
 */
export declare class PublicKey {
  /**
   * Create a new instance of PublicKey from a hexadecimal string.
   *
   * @static
   * @method fromHex
   * @param {string} hex - The hexadecimal string representing the public key.
   * @returns {PublicKey} - A new instance of PublicKey.
   */
  static fromHex(hex: string): PublicKey
  private readonly data
  /**
   * @property {Uint8Array} compressed - The compressed public key.
   * @property {Uint8Array} uncompressed - The uncompressed public key.
   */
  get compressed(): Buffer
  get uncompressed(): Buffer
  /**
   * @constructor
   * @param {Uint8Array} privateKey - The public key data in Uint8Array format.
   */
  constructor(privateKey: Uint8Array)
  /**
   * Converts the public key to a hexadecimal string.
   *
   * @method toHex
   * @param {boolean} [compressed=true] - Whether to return the compressed or uncompressed public key.
   * @returns {string} - The hexadecimal representation of the public key.
   */
  toHex(compressed?: boolean): string
  /**
   * Derives a shared secret using the private key and the current public key.
   *
   * @method decapsulate
   * @param {PrivateKey} sk - The private key used to decapsulate (derive shared secret).
   * @returns {Uint8Array} - The derived shared secret in byte array format.
   */
  decapsulate(sk: PrivateKey): Uint8Array
  /**
   * Converts the public key to the specified format (compressed or uncompressed).
   *
   * @method convertPublicKeyFormat
   * @param {Uint8Array} pk - The public key to be converted.
   * @param {boolean} compressed - Whether to convert to the compressed format.
   * @returns {Uint8Array} - The converted public key.
   * @private
   */
  private convertPublicKeyFormat
}
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