diff --git a/crypto/eddsa.go b/crypto/eddsa.go
index 1cec7609f..7f0e368ef 100644
--- a/crypto/eddsa.go
+++ b/crypto/eddsa.go
@@ -9,26 +9,25 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 )
 
-// EDDSAGenerateKey returns a random PEM encoded Ed25519 Private Key.
-func EDDSAGenerateKey() ([]byte, error) {
+// Ed25519GenerateKey returns a random PEM encoded Ed25519 Private Key.
+func Ed25519GenerateKey() ([]byte, error) {
 	_, secret, err := ed25519.GenerateKey(rand.Reader)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to generate EDDSA private key: %w", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Ed25519GenerateKey: failed to generate EDDSA private key: %w", err)
 	}
 	return pemEncodeEdPrivateKey(secret)
 }
 
-// EDDSAGenerateKeyFromSeed returns a PEM encoded Ed25519 Private Key from given
-// seed. Panics if len(seed) is not SeedSize.
-func EDDSAGenerateKeyFromSeed(seed []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	secret := ed25519.NewKeyFromSeed(seed) // Panics
-	return pemEncodeEdPrivateKey(secret)
+// Ed25519GenerateKeyFromSeed returns a PEM encoded Ed25519 Private Key from
+// `seed`. Panics if len(seed) is not SeedSize.
+func Ed25519GenerateKeyFromSeed(seed []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	return pemEncodeEdPrivateKey(ed25519.NewKeyFromSeed(seed)) // Panics
 }
 
-// EDDSADerivePublicKey returns an EDDSA Public Key from a PEM encoded EDDSA
-// Private key.
-func EDDSADerivePublicKey(privatekey []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	secret, err := edDSADecodeFromPEM(privatekey)
+// Ed25519DerivePublicKey returns an ed25519 Public Key from given PEM encoded
+// `privatekey`.
+func Ed25519DerivePublicKey(privatekey []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	secret, err := ed25519DecodeFromPEM(privatekey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("EDDSADerivePublicKey: could not decode private key")
 	}
@@ -36,47 +35,44 @@ func EDDSADerivePublicKey(privatekey []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("EDDSADerivePublicKey: failed to marshal PKIX public key: %w", err)
 	}
-
 	return pem.EncodeToMemory(&pem.Block{
 		Type:  "PUBLIC KEY",
 		Bytes: b,
 	}), nil
 }
 
+// pemEncodeEdPrivateKey is a convenience function for PEM encoding `secret`.
 func pemEncodeEdPrivateKey(secret ed25519.PrivateKey) ([]byte, error) {
 	der, err := x509.MarshalPKCS8PrivateKey(secret)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pemEncodeEdPrivateKey: failed to marshal ECDSA private key: %w", err)
 	}
-
 	block := &pem.Block{
 		Type:  "PRIVATE KEY",
 		Bytes: der,
 	}
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
-
 	err = pem.Encode(buf, block)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pemEncodeEdPrivateKey: failed to encode generated EDDSA private key: pem encoding failed: %w", err)
 	}
-
 	return buf.Bytes(), nil
 }
 
-// edDSADecodeFromPEM .
-func edDSADecodeFromPEM(privatekey []byte) (ed25519.PrivateKey, error) {
+// ed25519DecodeFromPEM returns an ed25519.PrivateKey from given PEM encoded
+// `privatekey`.
+func ed25519DecodeFromPEM(privatekey []byte) (ed25519.PrivateKey, error) {
 	block, _ := pem.Decode(privatekey)
 	if block == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("edDSADecodeFromPEM: failed to read key: no key found")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ed25519DecodeFromPEM: failed to read key: no key found")
 	}
-
 	priv, err := x509.ParsePKCS8PrivateKey(block.Bytes)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("edDSADecodeFromPEM: invalid private key: %w", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ed25519DecodeFromPEM: invalid private key: %w", err)
 	}
 	secret, ok := priv.(ed25519.PrivateKey)
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("edDSADecodeFromPEM: invalid private key: %w", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ed25519DecodeFromPEM: invalid private key: %w", err)
 	}
 	return secret, nil
 }
diff --git a/crypto/eddsa_test.go b/crypto/eddsa_test.go
index 1bd381ac9..027c4697a 100644
--- a/crypto/eddsa_test.go
+++ b/crypto/eddsa_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package crypto
 
 import (
+	"crypto/ed25519"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/pem"
 	"fmt"
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-func TestEDDSAGenerateKey(t *testing.T) {
-	key, err := EDDSAGenerateKey()
+func TestEd25519GenerateKey(t *testing.T) {
+	key, err := Ed25519GenerateKey()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(string(key),
 		"-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----"))
@@ -20,22 +21,27 @@ func TestEDDSAGenerateKey(t *testing.T) {
 		"-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n"))
 }
 
-func TestEDDSADerivePublicKey(t *testing.T) {
-	_, err := EDDSADerivePublicKey(nil)
+func TestEd25519DerivePublicKey(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := Ed25519DerivePublicKey(nil)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
-	_, err = EDDSADerivePublicKey([]byte(`-----BEGIN FOO-----
+	_, err = Ed25519DerivePublicKey([]byte(`-----BEGIN FOO-----
 	-----END FOO-----`))
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 
-	priv, err := EDDSAGenerateKey()
+	priv, err := Ed25519GenerateKey()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	pub, err := EDDSADerivePublicKey(priv)
+	pub, err := Ed25519DerivePublicKey(priv)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	block, _ := pem.Decode(pub)
 	assert.True(t, block != nil)
-	secret, err := edDSADecodeFromPEM(priv)
+	secret, err := ed25519DecodeFromPEM(priv)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	p, err := x509.ParsePKIXPublicKey(block.Bytes)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	pubKey, ok := p.(ed25519.PublicKey)
+	assert.True(t, ok)
 	assert.True(t, fmt.Sprintf("%x", p) == fmt.Sprintf("%x", secret.Public()))
+	msg := []byte("ed25519")
+	sig := ed25519.Sign(secret, msg) // Panics
+	assert.True(t, ed25519.Verify(pubKey, msg, sig))
 }