Crypto utils provide a function to encrypt for public_key and decrypt for private key

[emin.chain]

Hi,

is it possible that the JS SDK crypto utilis provide a function to encrypt for public_key and decrypt for private key.

The crypto library used tweetnacl-js provides nacl.box and nacl.box.open methods.

Please @nduchak.chain wrap it nicely <3

[nduchak.chain]

Hi,
It’s done in this PR and will be included in next sdk release.

[noandrea]

@emin.chain can you give a bit more of the context for this one? Why not use directly the nacl.box ?

[emin.chain]

Yes, I could do that. Asked just for the ease.

[Kryztoval]

I asked it here too

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