From 20b1cf2d81b9090075a9fbebb26429e27dc0f103 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: varun-doshi <doshivarun202@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 20:04:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: impl Deref for PublicKey

---
 iroh-base/src/key.rs | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/iroh-base/src/key.rs b/iroh-base/src/key.rs
index c2030fa805a..17cc2d5ba36 100644
--- a/iroh-base/src/key.rs
+++ b/iroh-base/src/key.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::{
     cmp::{Ord, PartialOrd},
     fmt::{Debug, Display},
     hash::Hash,
+    ops::Deref,
     str::FromStr,
 };
 
@@ -30,6 +31,14 @@ impl Borrow<[u8; 32]> for PublicKey {
     }
 }
 
+impl Deref for PublicKey {
+    type Target = [u8; 32];
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        self.as_bytes()
+    }
+}
+
 impl PartialOrd for PublicKey {
     fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<std::cmp::Ordering> {
         Some(self.cmp(other))