From 04e232a193972826f1cd79ef5503cb7ad1c8db6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BANADDA MUBARAKA <83466862+BANADDA@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:00:42 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] identity: a bittensor hotkey file with cryptoType 1 is
 sr25519

---
 validator/identity.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/validator/identity.py b/validator/identity.py
index 92e65a2..17ba704 100644
--- a/validator/identity.py
+++ b/validator/identity.py
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ def load_keypair(settings: Settings) -> Keypair:
             raw = bytes.fromhex(private[2:] if private.startswith("0x") else private)
             public = str(data.get("publicKey", "") or "")
             crypto = (
-                KeypairType.SR25519
+                KeypairType.ED25519
                 if int(data.get("cryptoType", 1) or 1) == 0
-                else KeypairType.ED25519
+                else KeypairType.SR25519
             )
             return Keypair(
                 public_key=bytes.fromhex(public[2:] if public.startswith("0x") else public)