diff --git a/nostr/bech32.py b/nostr/bech32.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2017, 2020 Pieter Wuille
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+# THE SOFTWARE.
+
+"""Reference implementation for Bech32/Bech32m and segwit addresses."""
+
+
+from enum import Enum
+
+class Encoding(Enum):
+    """Enumeration type to list the various supported encodings."""
+    BECH32 = 1
+    BECH32M = 2
+
+CHARSET = "qpzry9x8gf2tvdw0s3jn54khce6mua7l"
+BECH32M_CONST = 0x2bc830a3
+
+def bech32_polymod(values):
+    """Internal function that computes the Bech32 checksum."""
+    generator = [0x3b6a57b2, 0x26508e6d, 0x1ea119fa, 0x3d4233dd, 0x2a1462b3]
+    chk = 1
+    for value in values:
+        top = chk >> 25
+        chk = (chk & 0x1ffffff) << 5 ^ value
+        for i in range(5):
+            chk ^= generator[i] if ((top >> i) & 1) else 0
+    return chk
+
+
+def bech32_hrp_expand(hrp):
+    """Expand the HRP into values for checksum computation."""
+    return [ord(x) >> 5 for x in hrp] + [0] + [ord(x) & 31 for x in hrp]
+
+
+def bech32_verify_checksum(hrp, data):
+    """Verify a checksum given HRP and converted data characters."""
+    const = bech32_polymod(bech32_hrp_expand(hrp) + data)
+    if const == 1:
+        return Encoding.BECH32
+    if const == BECH32M_CONST:
+        return Encoding.BECH32M
+    return None
+
+def bech32_create_checksum(hrp, data, spec):
+    """Compute the checksum values given HRP and data."""
+    values = bech32_hrp_expand(hrp) + data
+    const = BECH32M_CONST if spec == Encoding.BECH32M else 1
+    polymod = bech32_polymod(values + [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]) ^ const
+    return [(polymod >> 5 * (5 - i)) & 31 for i in range(6)]
+
+
+def bech32_encode(hrp, data, spec):
+    """Compute a Bech32 string given HRP and data values."""
+    combined = data + bech32_create_checksum(hrp, data, spec)
+    return hrp + '1' + ''.join([CHARSET[d] for d in combined])
+
+def bech32_decode(bech):
+    """Validate a Bech32/Bech32m string, and determine HRP and data."""
+    if ((any(ord(x) < 33 or ord(x) > 126 for x in bech)) or
+            (bech.lower() != bech and bech.upper() != bech)):
+        return (None, None, None)
+    bech = bech.lower()
+    pos = bech.rfind('1')
+    if pos < 1 or pos + 7 > len(bech) or len(bech) > 90:
+        return (None, None, None)
+    if not all(x in CHARSET for x in bech[pos+1:]):
+        return (None, None, None)
+    hrp = bech[:pos]
+    data = [CHARSET.find(x) for x in bech[pos+1:]]
+    spec = bech32_verify_checksum(hrp, data)
+    if spec is None:
+        return (None, None, None)
+    return (hrp, data[:-6], spec)
+
+def convertbits(data, frombits, tobits, pad=True):
+    """General power-of-2 base conversion."""
+    acc = 0
+    bits = 0
+    ret = []
+    maxv = (1 << tobits) - 1
+    max_acc = (1 << (frombits + tobits - 1)) - 1
+    for value in data:
+        if value < 0 or (value >> frombits):
+            return None
+        acc = ((acc << frombits) | value) & max_acc
+        bits += frombits
+        while bits >= tobits:
+            bits -= tobits
+            ret.append((acc >> bits) & maxv)
+    if pad:
+        if bits:
+            ret.append((acc << (tobits - bits)) & maxv)
+    elif bits >= frombits or ((acc << (tobits - bits)) & maxv):
+        return None
+    return ret
+
+
+def decode(hrp, addr):
+    """Decode a segwit address."""
+    hrpgot, data, spec = bech32_decode(addr)
+    if hrpgot != hrp:
+        return (None, None)
+    decoded = convertbits(data[1:], 5, 8, False)
+    if decoded is None or len(decoded) < 2 or len(decoded) > 40:
+        return (None, None)
+    if data[0] > 16:
+        return (None, None)
+    if data[0] == 0 and len(decoded) != 20 and len(decoded) != 32:
+        return (None, None)
+    if data[0] == 0 and spec != Encoding.BECH32 or data[0] != 0 and spec != Encoding.BECH32M:
+        return (None, None)
+    return (data[0], decoded)
+
+
+def encode(hrp, witver, witprog):
+    """Encode a segwit address."""
+    spec = Encoding.BECH32 if witver == 0 else Encoding.BECH32M
+    ret = bech32_encode(hrp, [witver] + convertbits(witprog, 8, 5), spec)
+    if decode(hrp, ret) == (None, None):
+        return None
+    return ret
diff --git a/nostr/event.py b/nostr/event.py
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+import time
+import json
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from enum import IntEnum
+from typing import List
+from secp256k1 import PublicKey
+from hashlib import sha256
+
+from .message_type import ClientMessageType
+
+
+class EventKind(IntEnum):
+    SET_METADATA = 0
+    TEXT_NOTE = 1
+    RECOMMEND_RELAY = 2
+    CONTACTS = 3
+    ENCRYPTED_DIRECT_MESSAGE = 4
+    DELETE = 5
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Event:
+    content: str = None
+    public_key: str = None
+    created_at: int = None
+    kind: int = EventKind.TEXT_NOTE
+    tags: List[List[str]] = field(
+        default_factory=list
+    )  # Dataclasses require special handling when the default value is a mutable type
+    signature: str = None
+
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        if self.content is not None and not isinstance(self.content, str):
+            # DMs initialize content to None but all other kinds should pass in a str
+            raise TypeError("Argument 'content' must be of type str")
+
+        if self.created_at is None:
+            self.created_at = int(time.time())
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def serialize(
+        public_key: str, created_at: int, kind: int, tags: List[List[str]], content: str
+    ) -> bytes:
+        data = [0, public_key, created_at, kind, tags, content]
+        data_str = json.dumps(data, separators=(",", ":"), ensure_ascii=False)
+        return data_str.encode()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def compute_id(
+        public_key: str, created_at: int, kind: int, tags: List[List[str]], content: str
+    ):
+        return sha256(
+            Event.serialize(public_key, created_at, kind, tags, content)
+        ).hexdigest()
+
+    @property
+    def id(self) -> str:
+        # Always recompute the id to reflect the up-to-date state of the Event
+        return Event.compute_id(
+            self.public_key, self.created_at, self.kind, self.tags, self.content
+        )
+
+    def add_pubkey_ref(self, pubkey: str):
+        """Adds a reference to a pubkey as a 'p' tag"""
+        self.tags.append(["p", pubkey])
+
+    def add_event_ref(self, event_id: str):
+        """Adds a reference to an event_id as an 'e' tag"""
+        self.tags.append(["e", event_id])
+
+    def verify(self) -> bool:
+        pub_key = PublicKey(
+            bytes.fromhex("02" + self.public_key), True
+        )  # add 02 for schnorr (bip340)
+        return pub_key.schnorr_verify(
+            bytes.fromhex(self.id), bytes.fromhex(self.signature), None, raw=True
+        )
+
+    def to_message(self) -> str:
+        return json.dumps(
+            [
+                ClientMessageType.EVENT,
+                {
+                    "id": self.id,
+                    "pubkey": self.public_key,
+                    "created_at": self.created_at,
+                    "kind": self.kind,
+                    "tags": self.tags,
+                    "content": self.content,
+                    "sig": self.signature,
+                },
+            ]
+        )
+
+
+@dataclass
+class EncryptedDirectMessage(Event):
+    recipient_pubkey: str = None
+    cleartext_content: str = None
+    reference_event_id: str = None
+
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        if self.content is not None:
+            self.cleartext_content = self.content
+            self.content = None
+
+        if self.recipient_pubkey is None:
+            raise Exception("Must specify a recipient_pubkey.")
+
+        self.kind = EventKind.ENCRYPTED_DIRECT_MESSAGE
+        super().__post_init__()
+
+        # Must specify the DM recipient's pubkey in a 'p' tag
+        self.add_pubkey_ref(self.recipient_pubkey)
+
+        # Optionally specify a reference event (DM) this is a reply to
+        if self.reference_event_id is not None:
+            self.add_event_ref(self.reference_event_id)
+
+    @property
+    def id(self) -> str:
+        if self.content is None:
+            raise Exception(
+                "EncryptedDirectMessage `id` is undefined until its message is encrypted and stored in the `content` field"
+            )
+        return super().id
diff --git a/nostr/key.py b/nostr/key.py
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+import secrets
+import base64
+import secp256k1
+from cffi import FFI
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.ciphers import Cipher, algorithms, modes
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import padding
+from hashlib import sha256
+
+from .event import EncryptedDirectMessage, Event, EventKind
+from . import bech32
+
+
+class PublicKey:
+    def __init__(self, raw_bytes: bytes) -> None:
+        self.raw_bytes = raw_bytes
+
+    def bech32(self) -> str:
+        converted_bits = bech32.convertbits(self.raw_bytes, 8, 5)
+        return bech32.bech32_encode("npub", converted_bits, bech32.Encoding.BECH32)
+
+    def hex(self) -> str:
+        return self.raw_bytes.hex()
+
+    def verify_signed_message_hash(self, hash: str, sig: str) -> bool:
+        pk = secp256k1.PublicKey(b"\x02" + self.raw_bytes, True)
+        return pk.schnorr_verify(bytes.fromhex(hash), bytes.fromhex(sig), None, True)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_npub(cls, npub: str):
+        """Load a PublicKey from its bech32/npub form"""
+        hrp, data, spec = bech32.bech32_decode(npub)
+        raw_public_key = bech32.convertbits(data, 5, 8)[:-1]
+        return cls(bytes(raw_public_key))
+
+
+class PrivateKey:
+    def __init__(self, raw_secret: bytes = None) -> None:
+        if not raw_secret is None:
+            self.raw_secret = raw_secret
+        else:
+            self.raw_secret = secrets.token_bytes(32)
+
+        sk = secp256k1.PrivateKey(self.raw_secret)
+        self.public_key = PublicKey(sk.pubkey.serialize()[1:])
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_nsec(cls, nsec: str):
+        """Load a PrivateKey from its bech32/nsec form"""
+        hrp, data, spec = bech32.bech32_decode(nsec)
+        raw_secret = bech32.convertbits(data, 5, 8)[:-1]
+        return cls(bytes(raw_secret))
+
+    def bech32(self) -> str:
+        converted_bits = bech32.convertbits(self.raw_secret, 8, 5)
+        return bech32.bech32_encode("nsec", converted_bits, bech32.Encoding.BECH32)
+
+    def hex(self) -> str:
+        return self.raw_secret.hex()
+
+    def tweak_add(self, scalar: bytes) -> bytes:
+        sk = secp256k1.PrivateKey(self.raw_secret)
+        return sk.tweak_add(scalar)
+
+    def compute_shared_secret(self, public_key_hex: str) -> bytes:
+        pk = secp256k1.PublicKey(bytes.fromhex("02" + public_key_hex), True)
+        return pk.ecdh(self.raw_secret, hashfn=copy_x)
+
+    def encrypt_message(self, message: str, public_key_hex: str) -> str:
+        padder = padding.PKCS7(128).padder()
+        padded_data = padder.update(message.encode()) + padder.finalize()
+
+        iv = secrets.token_bytes(16)
+        cipher = Cipher(
+            algorithms.AES(self.compute_shared_secret(public_key_hex)), modes.CBC(iv)
+        )
+
+        encryptor = cipher.encryptor()
+        encrypted_message = encryptor.update(padded_data) + encryptor.finalize()
+
+        return f"{base64.b64encode(encrypted_message).decode()}?iv={base64.b64encode(iv).decode()}"
+
+    def encrypt_dm(self, dm: EncryptedDirectMessage) -> None:
+        dm.content = self.encrypt_message(
+            message=dm.cleartext_content, public_key_hex=dm.recipient_pubkey
+        )
+
+    def decrypt_message(self, encoded_message: str, public_key_hex: str) -> str:
+        encoded_data = encoded_message.split("?iv=")
+        encoded_content, encoded_iv = encoded_data[0], encoded_data[1]
+
+        iv = base64.b64decode(encoded_iv)
+        cipher = Cipher(
+            algorithms.AES(self.compute_shared_secret(public_key_hex)), modes.CBC(iv)
+        )
+        encrypted_content = base64.b64decode(encoded_content)
+
+        decryptor = cipher.decryptor()
+        decrypted_message = decryptor.update(encrypted_content) + decryptor.finalize()
+
+        unpadder = padding.PKCS7(128).unpadder()
+        unpadded_data = unpadder.update(decrypted_message) + unpadder.finalize()
+
+        return unpadded_data.decode()
+
+    def sign_message_hash(self, hash: bytes) -> str:
+        sk = secp256k1.PrivateKey(self.raw_secret)
+        sig = sk.schnorr_sign(hash, None, raw=True)
+        return sig.hex()
+
+    def sign_event(self, event: Event) -> None:
+        if event.kind == EventKind.ENCRYPTED_DIRECT_MESSAGE and event.content is None:
+            self.encrypt_dm(event)
+        if event.public_key is None:
+            event.public_key = self.public_key.hex()
+        event.signature = self.sign_message_hash(bytes.fromhex(event.id))
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return self.raw_secret == other.raw_secret
+
+
+def mine_vanity_key(prefix: str = None, suffix: str = None) -> PrivateKey:
+    if prefix is None and suffix is None:
+        raise ValueError("Expected at least one of 'prefix' or 'suffix' arguments")
+
+    while True:
+        sk = PrivateKey()
+        if (
+            prefix is not None
+            and not sk.public_key.bech32()[5 : 5 + len(prefix)] == prefix
+        ):
+            continue
+        if suffix is not None and not sk.public_key.bech32()[-len(suffix) :] == suffix:
+            continue
+        break
+
+    return sk
+
+
+ffi = FFI()
+
+
+@ffi.callback(
+    "int (unsigned char *, const unsigned char *, const unsigned char *, void *)"
+)
+def copy_x(output, x32, y32, data):
+    ffi.memmove(output, x32, 32)
+    return 1
diff --git a/nostr/message_type.py b/nostr/message_type.py
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+class ClientMessageType:
+    EVENT = "EVENT"
+    REQUEST = "REQ"
+    CLOSE = "CLOSE"
+
+class RelayMessageType:
+    EVENT = "EVENT"
+    NOTICE = "NOTICE"
+    END_OF_STORED_EVENTS = "EOSE"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def is_valid(type: str) -> bool:
+        if type == RelayMessageType.EVENT or type == RelayMessageType.NOTICE or type == RelayMessageType.END_OF_STORED_EVENTS:
+            return True
+        return False
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