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    description: |
      The public key is a base64 encoded string of a protobuf containing an RSA DER
      buffer. This uses a node buffer to pass the base64 encoded public key protobuf
      to the multihash for ID generation.

      ```js
      var PeerId = require('peer-id')

      PeerId.create({ bits: 1024 }, (err, id) => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(id.toJSON(), null, 2)
      })
      ```

      ```
      {
        "id": "Qma9T5YraSnpRDZqRR4krcSJabThc8nwZuJV3LercPHufi",
        "privKey": "CAAS4AQwggJcAgEAAoGBAMBgbIqyOL26oV3nGPBYrdpbv..",
        "pubKey": "CAASogEwgZ8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADgY0AMIGJAoGBAMBgbIqyOL26oV3nGPBYrdpbvzCY..."
      }
      ```