diff --git a/types/ed25519/ed25519-tests.ts b/types/ed25519/ed25519-tests.ts
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+import * as crypto from 'crypto';
+import * as ed25519 from 'ed25519';
+
+function signAndValidatePlaintext() {
+    const seed: Buffer = crypto.randomBytes(32);
+    const keyPair: ed25519.CurveKeyPair = ed25519.MakeKeypair(seed);
+
+    const plaintext = Buffer.from('plaintext');
+    const signature: Buffer = ed25519.Sign(plaintext, keyPair.privateKey);
+
+    const matches: boolean = ed25519.Verify(plaintext, signature, keyPair.publicKey);
+    if (!matches) {
+        throw new Error("Sign and verify should work for the same plaintext");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/types/ed25519/index.d.ts b/types/ed25519/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for ed25519 0.0
+// Project: https://github.com/dazoe/ed25519
+// Definitions by: Erik Mavrinac <https://github.com/erikma>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+// Main site: https://ed25519.cr.yp.to/
+// Manually generated and maintained because the package is a
+// veneer on an underlying C library; auto-generation won't work.
+// The JavaScript-C interface is well described at
+// https://github.com/dazoe/ed25519/blob/master/src/ed25519.cc
+
+/// <reference types="node" />
+
+/** The key material returned from a call to MakeKeypair(). */
+export interface CurveKeyPair {
+    /**
+     * A Buffer containing the public portion of the Curve25519 key.
+     */
+    publicKey: Buffer;
+
+    /**
+     * A Buffer containing the private, secret portion of the Curve25519 key.
+     */
+    privateKey: Buffer;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Uses the crytpographically strong random seed to generate a
+ * Curve25519 key pair.
+ * @return The public and private key pair.
+ */
+export function MakeKeypair(seed: Buffer): CurveKeyPair;
+
+/**
+ * Signs a plaintext message buffer using the private key generated using
+ * MakeKeypair().
+ * @return The signature calculated on the plaintext.
+ */
+export function Sign(message: Buffer, privateKeyOrKeyPair: Buffer | CurveKeyPair): Buffer;
+
+/**
+ * Verifies a signature for a message buffer using a
+ * public key generated using MakeKeypair().
+ * @return True if the signature validates correctly, false otherwise.
+ */
+export function Verify(message: Buffer, signature: Buffer, publicKey: Buffer): boolean;
diff --git a/types/ed25519/tsconfig.json b/types/ed25519/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "ed25519-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/ed25519/tslint.json b/types/ed25519/tslint.json
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+{
+    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json"
+}