Export keys

A self-custody wallet can export its raw private keys. This is the user’s escape hatch: their keys are theirs, and they can take them elsewhere.

Export

exportEvmKey() and exportSolanaKey() each run a passkey gesture and return the raw private key as a hex string. They are available only on a self-custody (own-origin) client.

const evmKey = await client.exportEvmKey();
const solanaKey = await client.exportSolanaKey();

In React, use useExport, which exposes both mutations with shared pending and error:

import { useExport } from "@avokjs/react";

function Export() {
  const { exportEvmKey, exportSolanaKey, pending, error } = useExport();
  // Call inside a user gesture; each triggers a passkey prompt.
}

The EVM key is the root; the Solana key is a leaf derived from it. Export returns raw keys, never a mnemonic phrase. Avok never mints one.

An exported key is plaintext custody. Once it leaves the passkey sandbox, Avok’s guarantees no longer apply to that copy. Handle it in a user gesture, show it once, and never persist or transmit it.

Resolve namesResolve ENS and SNS names to addresses when sending, using @avokjs/core/helpers.

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