import type { ColdCode } from "../core/types.js";
import { Matter, type MatterInit } from "./matter.js";
/**
 * Verification-key primitive.
 *
 * KERIpy substance: `Verfer` wraps public verification key material and
 * constrains accepted derivation codes to verifier key families.
 *
 * Responsibility split:
 * - `Matter` owns derivation-code semantics such as transferability
 * - `Verfer` owns suite-dispatched signature verification
 */
export declare class Verfer extends Matter {
    private readonly _verifyRaw;
    constructor(init: Matter | MatterInit);
    /** Raw public verification key bytes used by suite-specific verify paths. */
    get key(): Uint8Array;
    /** Human-oriented generated codex member name for diagnostics and tooling. */
    get algorithm(): string;
    /** Verify one raw signature against one serialized message via this verifier's suite code. */
    verify(sig: Uint8Array, ser: Uint8Array): boolean;
    private static assertSupportedCode;
    /** Bind one KERIpy-style verifier suite at construction time. */
    private static bindSuite;
}
/** Parse and hydrate `Verfer` from txt/qb2 bytes. */
export declare function parseVerfer(input: Uint8Array, cold: Extract<ColdCode, "txt" | "bny">): Verfer;
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