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create

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  • Generates and returns a Web3Account object that includes the private and public key For creation of private key, it uses an audited package ethereum-cryptography/secp256k1 that is cryptographically secure random number with certain characteristics. Read more: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ethereum-cryptography#secp256k1-curve

    Returns Web3Account

    A Web3Account object

    web3.eth.accounts.create();
    {
    address: '0xbD504f977021b5E5DdccD8741A368b147B3B38bB',
    privateKey: '0x964ced1c69ad27a311c432fdc0d8211e987595f7eb34ab405a5f16bdc9563ec5',
    signTransaction: [Function: signTransaction],
    sign: [Function: sign],
    encrypt: [AsyncFunction: encrypt]
    }