I get two different principals when I use dfx or use the pem file I actually thought was supposed to store my local certificate. Anyone knows where the actual dfx idendity pem file is stored on Mac? Context: a. with dfx command I get $ dfx identity get-principal w2bwq-cyv… That’s the princi…

Where actually is the dfx idendity pem file?

peterparker February 15, 2022, 4:54pm 6

When I try out Ed25519KeyIdentitywith exact same code as above and the same .pem file I get an error:

Error: bad secret key size

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