diff --git a/src/abstract/bls.ts b/src/abstract/bls.ts
index b5cf743..42a3476 100644
--- a/src/abstract/bls.ts
+++ b/src/abstract/bls.ts
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export function bls<Fp2, Fp6, Fp12>(
   function sign(message: G2Hex, privateKey: PrivKey, htfOpts?: htf.htfBasicOpts): Uint8Array | G2 {
     const msgPoint = normP2Hash(message, htfOpts);
     msgPoint.assertValidity();
-    const sigPoint = msgPoint.multiply(G1.normalizePrivateKey(privateKey));
+    const sigPoint = msgPoint.multiply(G1.normPrivateKeyToScalar(privateKey));
     if (message instanceof G2.ProjectivePoint) return sigPoint;
     return Signature.encode(sigPoint);
   }
diff --git a/src/stark.ts b/src/stark.ts
index b4be59f..a8015a4 100644
--- a/src/stark.ts
+++ b/src/stark.ts
@@ -94,19 +94,19 @@ function ensureBytes0x(hex: Hex): Uint8Array {
   return hex instanceof Uint8Array ? Uint8Array.from(hex) : hexToBytes0x(hex);
 }
 
-function normalizePrivateKey(privKey: Hex) {
+function normPrivKey(privKey: Hex) {
   return cutils.bytesToHex(ensureBytes0x(privKey)).padStart(64, '0');
 }
 function getPublicKey0x(privKey: Hex, isCompressed = false) {
-  return starkCurve.getPublicKey(normalizePrivateKey(privKey), isCompressed);
+  return starkCurve.getPublicKey(normPrivKey(privKey), isCompressed);
 }
 function getSharedSecret0x(privKeyA: Hex, pubKeyB: Hex) {
-  return starkCurve.getSharedSecret(normalizePrivateKey(privKeyA), pubKeyB);
+  return starkCurve.getSharedSecret(normPrivKey(privKeyA), pubKeyB);
 }
 
 function sign0x(msgHash: Hex, privKey: Hex, opts?: any) {
   if (typeof privKey === 'string') privKey = strip0x(privKey).padStart(64, '0');
-  return starkCurve.sign(ensureBytes0x(msgHash), normalizePrivateKey(privKey), opts);
+  return starkCurve.sign(ensureBytes0x(msgHash), normPrivKey(privKey), opts);
 }
 function verify0x(signature: Hex, msgHash: Hex, pubKey: Hex) {
   const sig = signature instanceof Signature ? signature : ensureBytes0x(signature);