diff --git a/bitcoin/core/key.py b/bitcoin/core/key.py
index 6083fa6d..f1bc174b 100644
--- a/bitcoin/core/key.py
+++ b/bitcoin/core/key.py
@@ -64,6 +64,26 @@ def set_secretbytes(self, secret):
         _ssl.BN_CTX_free(ctx)
         return self.k
 
+    def get_secretbytes(self):
+        secret = _ssl.EC_KEY_get0_private_key(self.k)
+        mb = ctypes.create_string_buffer(32)
+        size = _ssl.BN_bn2bin(secret, mb)
+        if size == 32:
+          return mb.raw
+        else:
+          # Move the data into a zero-padded buffer of 32 bytes
+          padding = 32 - size
+          new_buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(32)
+          for idx in range(0, padding):
+              new_buffer[idx] = "\x00"
+          for idx in range(padding, 32):
+              new_buffer[idx] = mb[idx - padding]
+          return new_buffer.raw
+
+    def generate(self):
+        _ssl.EC_KEY_generate_key(self.k)
+        return self.k
+
     def set_privkey(self, key):
         self.mb = ctypes.create_string_buffer(key)
         return _ssl.d2i_ECPrivateKey(ctypes.byref(self.k), ctypes.byref(ctypes.pointer(self.mb)), len(key))