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-// import { Web3Provider, JsonRpcSigner } from '@ethersproject/providers';
-// import LitConnectModal from 'lit-connect-modal';
-// import { LIT_CHAINS } from '@lit-protocol/constants';
-// import { EthereumProvider } from '@walletconnect/ethereum-provider';
-// import { ethers } from 'ethers';
-
-// export const connectWeb3 = async ({
-//   chainId = 1,
-// }) => {
-//   const rpcUrls = getRPCUrls();
-
-//   const wcProvider = await EthereumProvider.init({
-//     projectId: 'eea2b5f47758cec790aeec609d7a9bbf',
-//     chains: [chainId],
-//     showQrModal: true,
-//     optionalMethods: ['eth_sign']
-//   });
-
-//   // await wcProvider.connect();
-
-//   let providerOptions = {
-//     walletconnect: {
-//       provider: wcProvider,
-//       // options: {
-//       //   projectId: '192bce9b7ee045b7dcc6892ced91eedf',
-//       //   chains: [chainId],
-//       //   showQrModal: true,
-//       //   rpcMap: rpcUrls,
-//       // },
-//     },
-//   };
-
-//   // const provider = await EthereumProvider.init({
-//   //   projectId: walletConnectProjectId,
-//   //   chains: [chainId],
-//   //   showQrModal: true,
-//   // });
-
-//   const dialog = new LitConnectModal({ providerOptions });
-
-//   const provider = await dialog.getWalletProvider();
-
-//   const web3 = new Web3Provider(provider);
-
-//   // trigger metamask popup
-//   try {
-//     await provider.enable();
-//   } catch (e) {
-//     console.error(e);
-//   }
-
-//   const accounts = await web3.listAccounts();
-
-//   const account = accounts[0].toLowerCase();
-
-//   return { web3, account };
-// };
-
-// export const trigger = async ({ chain }) => {
-//   const selectedChain = LIT_CHAINS[chain];
-//   console.log('selectedChain', selectedChain);
-  
-//   const { web3, account } = await connectWeb3({
-//     chainId: selectedChain.chainId,
-//   });
-
-//   const signer = web3.getSigner();
-//   const messageBytes = ethers.utils.toUtf8Bytes('hello world');
-  
-//   if (signer instanceof JsonRpcSigner) {
-//     try {
-//       const signature = await signer.provider.send('personal_sign', [
-//         ethers.utils.hexlify(messageBytes),
-//         account.toLowerCase(),
-//       ]);
-
-//       const recoveredAddr = ethers.utils.verifyMessage('hello world', signature);
-
-//       // Check if the address associated with the signature is the same as the current PKP
-//       const verified =
-//       account.toLowerCase() === recoveredAddr.toLowerCase();
-
-//       console.log('verified', verified);
-
-//     } catch (e) {
-//       if (e.message.includes('personal_sign')) {
-//         return await signer.signMessage(messageBytes);
-//       }
-//       throw e;
-//     }
-//   } else {
-//     return await signer.signMessage(messageBytes);
-//   }
-// };
-
-// const getRPCUrls = () => {
-//   let rpcUrls = {};
-
-//   const keys = Object.keys(LIT_CHAINS);
-
-//   for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
-//     const chainName = keys[i];
-//     const chainId = LIT_CHAINS[chainName].chainId;
-//     const rpcUrl = LIT_CHAINS[chainName].rpcUrls[0];
-//     rpcUrls[chainId] = rpcUrl;
-//   }
-
-//   return rpcUrls;
-// };
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