// returns slice of 33 bytes marshaled public key
data := crypto.MarshalPublicKey(&sk.PublicKey)

// returns public key decoded from 33 bytes    
pk := crypto.UnmarshalPublicKey(data)

// returns slice of 32 bytes marshaled private key
data := crypto.MarshalPrivateKey(&sk)

// returns private key decoded from 32 bytes or error,
// if something whet wrong    
newSk, err := crypto.UnmarshalPrivateKey(data)

// Sign returns signature (slice of 65 bytes) of SK for passed message (slice of bytes),
// or error, if something went wrong:
signature, err := crypto.Sign(sk, message)

// Verify returns error message if PK is empty or
// passed wrong signature (slice of 65 bytes) for message (slice of bytes),
err := crypto.Verify(&sk.PublicKey, signature, message)  

// Sign returns signature (slice of 64 bytes) of SK for passed message (slice of bytes),
// or error, if something went wrong:
signature, err := crypto.SignRFC6979(sk, message)

// Verify returns error message if PK is empty or
// passed wrong signature (slice of 64 bytes) for message (slice of bytes),
err := crypto.VerifyRFC6979(&sk.PublicKey, signature, message)  

// WIFEncode encodes the given private key into a WIF string.
// if sk or sk.D is empty, returns error
wif, err := crypto.WIFEncode(sk)

// WIFDecode decoded the given WIF string into a private key.
// if something went wrong, returns error:
skFromWIF, err := crypto.WIFDecode(wif)

// Load private key from wif format
sk, err := crypto.LoadPrivateKey(wif_string)

// Load private key from hex string
sk, err := crypto.LoadPrivateKey(hex_string)

// Load private key from file
sk, err := crypto.LoadPrivateKey(file_path)