diff --git a/Ed25519 Tests/SignerTests.cs b/Ed25519 Tests/SignerTests.cs
index c83ec45..bc0611a 100644
--- a/Ed25519 Tests/SignerTests.cs	
+++ b/Ed25519 Tests/SignerTests.cs	
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
 using Ed25519;
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Ed25519_Tests
             try
             {
                 Signer.Sign(message, privateKey, publicKey);
-                Assert.That(false);
+                Assert.Fail("Should not be reached!");
             }
             catch (ArgumentException e)
             {
@@ -126,6 +127,127 @@ namespace Ed25519_Tests
             Assert.That(validationResult, Is.True);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestKeyGeneratorWithoutPassword()
+        {
+            var privateKey = Signer.GeneratePrivateKey();
+            var publicKey = privateKey.ExtractPublicKey();
+
+            Assert.That(privateKey.Length, Is.EqualTo(32));
+            Assert.That(publicKey.Length, Is.EqualTo(32));
+            Assert.That(privateKey.ToArray(), Is.Not.EqualTo(publicKey.ToArray()));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestKeyGeneratorWithPassword()
+        {
+            var password = "test password";
+            var privateKeyEncrypted = Signer.GeneratePrivateKey(password);
+            var privateKeyDecrypted = privateKeyEncrypted.DecryptPrivateKey(password);
+            var publicKey = privateKeyDecrypted.ExtractPublicKey();
+
+            Assert.That(privateKeyEncrypted.Length, Is.GreaterThan(32));
+            Assert.That(privateKeyDecrypted.Length, Is.EqualTo(32));
+            Assert.That(publicKey.Length, Is.EqualTo(32));
+            Assert.That(privateKeyEncrypted.ToArray(), Is.Not.EqualTo(privateKeyDecrypted.ToArray()));
+            Assert.That(privateKeyEncrypted.ToArray(), Is.Not.EqualTo(publicKey.ToArray()));
+            Assert.That(privateKeyDecrypted.ToArray(), Is.Not.EqualTo(publicKey.ToArray()));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestMultipleKeysWithoutPassword()
+        {
+            var privateKey1 = Signer.GeneratePrivateKey();
+            var privateKey2 = Signer.GeneratePrivateKey();
+            var privateKey3 = Signer.GeneratePrivateKey();
+
+            Assert.That(privateKey1.ToArray(), Is.Not.EqualTo(privateKey2.ToArray()));
+            Assert.That(privateKey1.ToArray(), Is.Not.EqualTo(privateKey3.ToArray()));
+            Assert.That(privateKey2.ToArray(), Is.Not.EqualTo(privateKey3.ToArray()));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestMultipleKeysWithPassword()
+        {
+            var password = "test password";
+            var privateKey1 = Signer.GeneratePrivateKey(password);
+            var privateKey2 = Signer.GeneratePrivateKey(password);
+            var privateKey3 = Signer.GeneratePrivateKey(password);
+
+            Assert.That(privateKey1.ToArray(), Is.Not.EqualTo(privateKey2.ToArray()));
+            Assert.That(privateKey1.ToArray(), Is.Not.EqualTo(privateKey3.ToArray()));
+            Assert.That(privateKey2.ToArray(), Is.Not.EqualTo(privateKey3.ToArray()));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestPublicKeyFromRandomData()
+        {
+            var privateKey = new byte[] { 0x00, 0xac, 0x48 }.AsSpan();
+            var publicKey = privateKey.ExtractPublicKey();
+
+            Assert.That(privateKey.Length, Is.EqualTo(3));
+            Assert.That(publicKey.Length, Is.EqualTo(0));
+            Assert.That(publicKey.IsEmpty, Is.True);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestWritingKeys()
+        {
+            var tempFilePrivate = Path.GetTempFileName();
+            var tempFilePublic = Path.GetTempFileName();
+
+            try
+            {
+                var privateKey = Signer.GeneratePrivateKey();
+                var publicKey = privateKey.ExtractPublicKey();
+                
+                privateKey.WriteKey(tempFilePrivate);
+                publicKey.WriteKey(tempFilePublic);
+
+                var reloadPrivateKey = Signer.LoadKey(tempFilePrivate);
+                var reloadPublicKey = Signer.LoadKey(tempFilePublic);
+
+                Assert.That(reloadPublicKey.Length, Is.EqualTo(32));
+                Assert.That(reloadPrivateKey.Length, Is.EqualTo(32));
+
+                Assert.That(reloadPublicKey.ToArray(), Is.EqualTo(publicKey.ToArray()));
+                Assert.That(reloadPrivateKey.ToArray(), Is.EqualTo(privateKey.ToArray()));
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                File.Delete(tempFilePublic);
+                File.Delete(tempFilePrivate);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestExtractPublicKeyFromEncryptedPrivateKey()
+        {
+            var privateKeyEncrypted = Signer.GeneratePrivateKey("secret password");
+            var privateKeyDecrypted = privateKeyEncrypted.DecryptPrivateKey("secret password");
+            var publicKeyFromDecrypted = privateKeyDecrypted.ExtractPublicKey();
+            var publicKeyFromEncrypted = privateKeyEncrypted.ExtractPublicKey();
+
+            Assert.That(publicKeyFromDecrypted.ToArray(), Is.Not.EqualTo(publicKeyFromEncrypted.ToArray()));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSigningBehaviourPrivateKeyWithPassword()
+        {
+            var privateKeyEncrypted = Signer.GeneratePrivateKey("secret password");
+            var privateKeyDecrypted = privateKeyEncrypted.DecryptPrivateKey("secret password");
+            var publicKey = privateKeyDecrypted.ExtractPublicKey();
+            var message = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("This is a test message.");
+            var signaturePrivateKeyDecrypted = Signer.Sign(message, privateKeyDecrypted, publicKey);
+            var signaturePrivateKeyEncrypted = Signer.Sign(message, privateKeyEncrypted[..32], publicKey); // Note: The encrypted private key is 64 bytes long!
+            var validationDecrypted = Signer.Validate(signaturePrivateKeyDecrypted, message, publicKey);
+            var validationEncrypted = Signer.Validate(signaturePrivateKeyEncrypted, message, publicKey);
+
+            Assert.That(validationDecrypted, Is.True); // This is the intended behaviour. The public key was derived from the decrypted private key.
+            Assert.That(validationEncrypted, Is.False); // This should fail, because the public key does not match the *encrypted* private key!
+            Assert.That(signaturePrivateKeyEncrypted.ToArray(), Is.Not.EqualTo(signaturePrivateKeyDecrypted.ToArray()));
+        }
+
         // See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8032#section-7.1
         [Test]
         public void TestRFC8032Test01EmptyMessage()
diff --git a/Ed25519/Ed25519.csproj b/Ed25519/Ed25519.csproj
index ad29d3f..485a24f 100644
--- a/Ed25519/Ed25519.csproj
+++ b/Ed25519/Ed25519.csproj
@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Encrypter" Version="1.0.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/Ed25519/Extensions.cs b/Ed25519/Extensions.cs
index e0ed216..20da4b0 100644
--- a/Ed25519/Extensions.cs
+++ b/Ed25519/Extensions.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Numerics;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
+using Encrypter;
 
 namespace Ed25519
 {
@@ -108,8 +109,16 @@ namespace Ed25519
             return data[index / 8] >> (index % 8) & 1;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Extracts the public key out of the given private key. The private key must be valid, i.e. must consist of 32 bytes.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="privateKey">The private key.</param>
+        /// <returns>The corresponding public key.</returns>
         public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> ExtractPublicKey(this ReadOnlySpan<byte> privateKey)
         {
+            if(privateKey.Length != 32)
+                return ReadOnlySpan<byte>.Empty;
+
             var hash = privateKey.ComputeHash();
             var a = Constants.TWO_POW_BIT_LENGTH_MINUS_TWO;
             for (var i = 3; i < Constants.BIT_LENGTH - 2; i++)
@@ -125,9 +134,39 @@ namespace Ed25519
             return bigA.EncodePoint();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Extracts the public key out of the given private key. The private key must be valid, i.e. must consist of 32 bytes.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="privateKey">The private key.</param>
+        /// <returns>The corresponding public key.</returns>
         public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> ExtractPublicKey(this Span<byte> privateKey)
         {
             return new ReadOnlySpan<byte>(privateKey.ToArray()).ExtractPublicKey();
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writes a given key to a file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="key">The chosen key</param>
+        /// <param name="filename">The desired file</param>
+        public static void WriteKey(this ReadOnlySpan<byte> key, string filename)
+        {
+            File.WriteAllBytes(filename, key.ToArray());
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Decrypts an encrypted private key.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="privateKey">The encrypted private key.</param>
+        /// <param name="password">The matching password.</param>
+        /// <returns>The decrypted private key.</returns>
+        public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> DecryptPrivateKey(this ReadOnlySpan<byte> privateKey, string password)
+        {
+            using var inputStream = new MemoryStream(privateKey.ToArray());
+            using var outputStream = new MemoryStream();
+            CryptoProcessor.Decrypt(inputStream, outputStream, password).Wait();
+
+            return outputStream.ToArray();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Ed25519/Signer.cs b/Ed25519/Signer.cs
index dcb57d0..2cf3757 100644
--- a/Ed25519/Signer.cs
+++ b/Ed25519/Signer.cs
@@ -2,16 +2,49 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Numerics;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Encrypter;
 
 namespace Ed25519
 {
     public static class Signer
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Generates a random private key.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="password">An optional password to encrypt the key.</param>
+        /// <returns>The private key.</returns>
+        public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> GeneratePrivateKey(string password = "")
+        {
+            var privateKey = new Span<byte>(new byte[32]);
+            RandomNumberGenerator.Create().GetBytes(privateKey);
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(password))
+            {
+                using var inputStream = new MemoryStream(privateKey.ToArray(), false);
+                using var outputStream = new MemoryStream();
+
+                CryptoProcessor.Encrypt(inputStream, outputStream, password).Wait();
+                privateKey = new Span<byte>(outputStream.ToArray());
+            }
+
+            return privateKey;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads a key (public or private key) from a file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="filename">The entire path to the corresponding file.</param>
+        /// <returns>The desired key.</returns>
+        public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> LoadKey(string filename) => !File.Exists(filename) ? ReadOnlySpan<byte>.Empty : File.ReadAllBytes(filename);
+
         public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> Sign(ReadOnlySpan<byte> message, ReadOnlySpan<byte> privateKey, ReadOnlySpan<byte> publicKey)
         {
             if(privateKey.Length != Constants.BIT_LENGTH / 8)
-                throw new ArgumentException($"Private key length is wrong. Got {publicKey.Length} instead of {Constants.BIT_LENGTH / 8}.");
+                throw new ArgumentException($"Private key length is wrong. Got {privateKey.Length} instead of {Constants.BIT_LENGTH / 8}.");
 
             if (publicKey.Length != Constants.BIT_LENGTH / 8)
                 throw new ArgumentException($"Public key length is wrong. Got {publicKey.Length} instead of {Constants.BIT_LENGTH / 8}.");