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Recover private keys from a mnemonic phrase.
MethodTypeDescription
PrivateKey.fromMnemonic(<mnemonic>)MnemonicRecover a private key from a mnemonic phrase compatible with the iOS and Android wallets
PrivateKey.fromMnemonic(<mnemonic, passphrase>)Mnemonic. StringRecover a private key from a generated mnemonic phrase and a passphrase
//Use the mnemonic to recover the private key
PrivateKey privateKey = PrivateKey.fromMnemonic(mnemonic);
PublicKey publicKey = privateKey.publicKey();

//v2.0.0

//Use a recovered mnemonic to recover the private key
const recoveredMnemonic = await Mnemonic.fromString(mnemonic.toString());
const privateKey = await recoveredMnemonic.toPrivateKey();

//v2.0.5

recoveredKey, err := hedera.PrivateKeyFromMnemonic(mnemonic, "")
publicKey := recoveredKey.PublicKey()

//v2.0.0

// Recover private key from mnemonic phrase with passphrase
let private_key = PrivateKey::from_mnemonic_with_passphrase(&mnemonic, "passphrase")?;
let public_key = private_key.public_key();

// v0.34.0