diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
index 3fe2ebd..27b5466 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (self *NNTPDaemon) WrapSign(nntp NNTPMessage) {
 		if seed == nil {
 			log.Println("invalid secretkey will not sign")
 		} else {
-			pk, sec := seedToKeyPair(seed)
+			pk, sec := naclSeedToKeyPair(seed)
 			sig := msgidFrontendSign(sec, nntp.MessageID())
 			nntp.Headers().Add("X-Frontend-Signature", sig)
 			nntp.Headers().Add("X-Frontend-Pubkey", hexify(pk))
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
index 5587b97..e5d4958 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ func (self *httpFrontend) handle_postRequest(pr *postRequest, b bannedFunc, e er
 	// pack it before sending so that the article is well formed
 	// sign if needed
 	if len(tripcode_privkey) == 32 {
-		pk, _ := seedToKeyPair(tripcode_privkey)
+		pk, _ := naclSeedToKeyPair(tripcode_privkey)
 		nntp.headers.Set("X-PubKey-Ed25519", hexify(pk))
 		nntp.Pack()
 		err = self.daemon.store.RegisterPost(nntp)
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/message.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/message.go
index f98388a..778d23d 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/message.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/message.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func signArticle(nntp NNTPMessage, seed []byte) (signed *nntpArticle, err error)
 	mw.Write([]byte{10})
 	if err == nil {
 		// build keypair
-		pk, sk := seedToKeyPair(seed)
+		pk, sk := naclSeedToKeyPair(seed)
 		// sign it nigguh
 		digest := sha.Sum(nil)
 		sig := cryptoSignFucky(digest, sk)
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ func signArticle(nntp NNTPMessage, seed []byte) (signed *nntpArticle, err error)
 		// log.Printf("signed %s pubkey=%s sig=%s hash=%s", nntp.MessageID(), pk, sig, hexify(digest))
 		signed.headers.Set("X-Signature-Ed25519-SHA512", sig)
 		signed.headers.Set("X-PubKey-Ed25519", hexify(pk[:]))
-		sig = cryptoSignProper(blake.Sum(nil), sk)
-		signed.headers.Set("X-Signature-Ed25519-BLAKE2B", sig)
+		//sig = cryptoSignProper(blake.Sum(nil), sk)
+		//signed.headers.Set("X-Signature-Ed25519-BLAKE2B", sig)
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/mod_http.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/mod_http.go
index 3f675dd..14f73e9 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/mod_http.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/mod_http.go
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func (self httpModUI) CheckPubkey(pubkey, scope string) (bool, error) {
 func (self httpModUI) CheckKey(privkey, scope string) (bool, error) {
 	privkey_bytes, err := hex.DecodeString(privkey)
 	if err == nil {
-		pk, _ := seedToKeyPair(privkey_bytes)
+		pk, _ := naclSeedToKeyPair(privkey_bytes)
 		pubkey := hex.EncodeToString(pk)
 		return self.CheckPubkey(pubkey, scope)
 	}
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/nacl_crypto.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/nacl_crypto.go
index 96462e4..bf66796 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/nacl_crypto.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/nacl_crypto.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func naclCryptoSignDetached(hash, sk []byte) []byte {
 	return nacl.CryptoSignDetached(hash, sk)
 }
 
-func seedToKeyPair(seed []byte) (pk, sk []byte) {
+func naclSeedToKeyPair(seed []byte) (pk, sk []byte) {
 	kp := nacl.LoadSignKey(seed)
 	defer kp.Free()
 	pk, sk = kp.Public(), kp.Secret()
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
index 4b85190..0a105c9 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func ValidNewsgroup(newsgroup string) bool {
 
 func genKeypair() (pk, sk []byte) {
 	sk = randbytes(32)
-	pk, _ = seedToKeyPair(sk)
+	pk, _ = naclSeedToKeyPair(sk)
 	return
 }
 
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ func hexify(data []byte) string {
 // extract pubkey from secret key
 // return as hex
 func getSignPubkey(sk []byte) string {
-	pk, _ := seedToKeyPair(sk)
+	pk, _ := naclSeedToKeyPair(sk)
 	return hexify(pk)
 }
 
@@ -411,31 +411,9 @@ func cryptoSignFucky(h, sk []byte) string {
 	return hexify(sig)
 }
 
-/*
-// convert seed to secret key
-func seedToKeyPair(seed []byte) (pub ed25519.PublicKey, full ed25519.PrivateKey) {
-	pub = make(ed25519.PublicKey, ed25519.PublicKeySize)
-	full = make(ed25519.PrivateKey, ed25519.PrivateKeySize)
-	h := sha512.Sum512(seed)
-	seed = h[:]
-	seed[0] &= 248
-	seed[31] &= 127
-	seed[31] |= 64
-	var in [32]byte
-	var out [32]byte
-	copy(in[:], seed[0:32])
-	naclScalarBaseMult(&out, &in)
-	copy(pub[:], out[:])
-	copy(full[0:32], in[:])
-	copy(full[32:64], pub[:])
-	log.Println("pk=", hexify(pub[:]))
-	return
-}
-*/
-
 func cryptoSignProper(h, sk []byte) string {
-	// convert key
-	_, key := seedToKeyPair(sk)
+	key := make(ed25519.PrivateKey, ed25519.PrivateKeySize)
+	copy(key, sk)
 	// sign
 	sig := ed25519.Sign(key, h)
 	if sig == nil {