diff --git a/packages/core/src/modules/dids/methods/peer/DidPeer.ts~73d296f6 (fix: always encode keys according to RFCs (#733)) b/packages/core/src/modules/dids/methods/peer/DidPeer.ts~73d296f6 (fix: always encode keys according to RFCs (#733))
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--- a/packages/core/src/modules/dids/methods/peer/DidPeer.ts~73d296f6 (fix: always encode keys according to RFCs (#733))	
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-import type { DidDocument } from '../../domain'
-import type { ParsedDid } from '../../types'
-
-import { instanceToInstance } from 'class-transformer'
-
-import { JsonEncoder, MultiBaseEncoder, MultiHashEncoder } from '../../../../utils'
-import { Key } from '../../domain/Key'
-import { getDidDocumentForKey } from '../../domain/keyDidDocument'
-import { parseDid } from '../../domain/parse'
-
-import { didDocumentToNumAlgo2Did, didToNumAlgo2DidDocument } from './peerDidNumAlgo2'
-
-const PEER_DID_REGEX = new RegExp(
-  '^did:peer:(([01](z)([1-9a-km-zA-HJ-NP-Z]{5,200}))|(2((.[AEVID](z)([1-9a-km-zA-HJ-NP-Z]{5,200}))+(.(S)[0-9a-zA-Z=]*)?)))$'
-)
-
-export const enum PeerDidNumAlgo {
-  InceptionKeyWithoutDoc = 0,
-  GenesisDoc = 1,
-  MultipleInceptionKeyWithoutDoc = 2,
-}
-
-function getNumAlgoFromPeerDid(did: string) {
-  return Number(did[9])
-}
-
-export class DidPeer {
-  private readonly parsedDid: ParsedDid
-
-  // If numAlgo 1 is used, the did document always has a did document
-  private readonly _didDocument?: DidDocument
-
-  private constructor({ didDocument, did }: { did: string; didDocument?: DidDocument }) {
-    const parsed = parseDid(did)
-
-    if (!this.isValidPeerDid(did)) {
-      throw new Error(`Invalid peer did '${did}'`)
-    }
-
-    this.parsedDid = parsed
-    this._didDocument = didDocument
-  }
-
-  public static fromKey(key: Key) {
-    const did = `did:peer:0${key.fingerprint}`
-    return new DidPeer({ did })
-  }
-
-  public static fromDid(did: string) {
-    return new DidPeer({
-      did,
-    })
-  }
-
-  public static fromDidDocument(
-    didDocument: DidDocument,
-    numAlgo?: PeerDidNumAlgo.GenesisDoc | PeerDidNumAlgo.MultipleInceptionKeyWithoutDoc
-  ): DidPeer {
-    if (!numAlgo && didDocument.id.startsWith('did:peer:')) {
-      numAlgo = getNumAlgoFromPeerDid(didDocument.id)
-    }
-
-    if (!numAlgo) {
-      throw new Error(
-        'Could not determine numAlgo. The did document must either have a full id property containing the numAlgo, or the numAlgo must be provided as a separate property'
-      )
-    }
-
-    if (numAlgo === PeerDidNumAlgo.GenesisDoc) {
-      // FIXME: We should do this on the JSON value of the did document, as the DidDocument class
-      // adds a lot of properties and default values that will mess with the hash value
-      // Remove id from did document as the id should be generated without an id.
-      const didDocumentBuffer = JsonEncoder.toBuffer({ ...didDocument.toJSON(), id: undefined })
-
-      const didIdentifier = MultiBaseEncoder.encode(MultiHashEncoder.encode(didDocumentBuffer, 'sha2-256'), 'base58btc')
-
-      const did = `did:peer:1${didIdentifier}`
-
-      return new DidPeer({ did, didDocument })
-    } else if (numAlgo === PeerDidNumAlgo.MultipleInceptionKeyWithoutDoc) {
-      const did = didDocumentToNumAlgo2Did(didDocument)
-      return new DidPeer({ did })
-    } else {
-      throw new Error(`Unsupported numAlgo: ${numAlgo}. Not all peer did methods support parsing a did document`)
-    }
-  }
-
-  public get did() {
-    return this.parsedDid.did
-  }
-
-  public get numAlgo(): PeerDidNumAlgo {
-    // numalgo is the first digit of the method specific identifier
-    return Number(this.parsedDid.id[0]) as PeerDidNumAlgo
-  }
-
-  private get identifierWithoutNumAlgo() {
-    return this.parsedDid.id.substring(1)
-  }
-
-  private isValidPeerDid(did: string): boolean {
-    const isValid = PEER_DID_REGEX.test(did)
-
-    return isValid
-  }
-
-  public get didDocument() {
-    // Method 1 (numAlgo 0)
-    if (this.numAlgo === PeerDidNumAlgo.InceptionKeyWithoutDoc) {
-      const key = Key.fromFingerprint(this.identifierWithoutNumAlgo)
-      return getDidDocumentForKey(this.parsedDid.did, key)
-    }
-    // Method 2 (numAlgo 1)
-    else if (this.numAlgo === PeerDidNumAlgo.GenesisDoc) {
-      if (!this._didDocument) {
-        throw new Error('No did document provided for method 1 peer did')
-      }
-
-      // Clone the document, and set the id
-      const didDocument = instanceToInstance(this._didDocument)
-      didDocument.id = this.did
-
-      return didDocument
-    }
-    // Method 3 (numAlgo 2)
-    else if (this.numAlgo === PeerDidNumAlgo.MultipleInceptionKeyWithoutDoc) {
-      const didDocument = didToNumAlgo2DidDocument(this.parsedDid.did)
-
-      return didDocument
-    }
-
-    throw new Error(`Unsupported numAlgo '${this.numAlgo}'`)
-  }
-}