# Function: didToPublicKey()

```ts
function didToPublicKey(did): object;
```

Defined in: [packages/core/src/identity/did.ts:27](https://github.com/leifriksheim/minca/blob/main/core/src/identity/did.ts#L27)

A did:key's public key and multicodec prefix

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `did` | `string` |

## Returns

`object`

### multicodecPrefix

```ts
multicodecPrefix: Uint8Array;
```

### publicKeyBytes

```ts
publicKeyBytes: Uint8Array;
```