[**nostr-nsec-seedphrase v0.6.0**](../../../README.md)

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[nostr-nsec-seedphrase](../../../globals.md) / [nip19](../README.md) / nsecEncode

# Function: nsecEncode()

> **nsecEncode**(`privkey`): `string`

Encodes a private key into nsec format

## Parameters

### privkey

`string`

The hex-encoded private key

## Returns

`string`

The bech32-encoded nsec string

## Defined in

[index.ts:256](https://github.com/HumanjavaEnterprises/nostr-nsec-seedphrase/blob/885e04e5180059d4aa901af59d633038a53240cb/src/index.ts#L256)