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Requesting the public key from MetaMask
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get public key.ts
// Account is account address provided as string
// App must have access to the specified account
const account = "0x012...bc"
// Key is returned as base64
const keyB64 = await window.ethereum.request({
method: 'eth_getEncryptionPublicKey',
params: [account],
}) as string;
const publicKey = Buffer.from(keyB64, 'base64');
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