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diff --git a/ethcrypto/keypair.go b/ethcrypto/keypair.go
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+++ b/ethcrypto/keypair.go
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+package ethcrypto
+
+import (
+	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethutil"
+	"github.com/obscuren/secp256k1-go"
+)
+
+type KeyPair struct {
+	PrivateKey []byte
+	PublicKey  []byte
+
+	// The associated account
+	// account *StateObject
+}
+
+func GenerateNewKeyPair() *KeyPair {
+	_, prv := secp256k1.GenerateKeyPair()
+	keyPair, _ := NewKeyPairFromSec(prv) // swallow error, this one cannot err
+	return keyPair
+}
+
+func NewKeyPairFromSec(seckey []byte) (*KeyPair, error) {
+	pubkey, err := secp256k1.GeneratePubKey(seckey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &KeyPair{PrivateKey: seckey, PublicKey: pubkey}, nil
+}
+
+func (k *KeyPair) Address() []byte {
+	return Sha3Bin(k.PublicKey[1:])[12:]
+}
+
+func (k *KeyPair) RlpEncode() []byte {
+	return k.RlpValue().Encode()
+}
+
+func (k *KeyPair) RlpValue() *ethutil.Value {
+	return ethutil.NewValue(k.PrivateKey)
+}