cashaddrjs-fork

It is a fork fixing the old JavaScript engine

Original repository is : bitcoincashjs/bchaddrjs

CashAddr.js: The new Bitcoin Cash address format for Node.js and web browsers.

JavaScript implementation for the new CashAddr address format for Bitcoin Cash.

Compliant with the original CashAddr specification which improves upon BIP 173.

Note: This is a JavaScript implementation of the CashAddr format specification. If you are looking for a general purpose Bitcoin Cash address translation library, check out the easy-to-use and well-tested BchAddr.js.

Installation

Using NPM

$ npm install --save cashaddrjs-fork

Usage

In Node.js

const cashaddr = require('cashaddrjs-fork');
const address = 'bitcoincash:qpm2qsznhks23z7629mms6s4cwef74vcwvy22gdx6a';
const { prefix, type, hash } = cashaddr.decode(address);
console.log(prefix); // 'bitcoincash'
console.log(type); // 'P2PKH'
console.log(hash); // Uint8Array [ 118, 160, ..., 115 ]
console.log(cashaddr.encode(prefix, type, hash)); // 'bitcoincash:qpm2qsznhks23z7629mms6s4cwef74vcwvy22gdx6a'

Note: This is a JavaScript implementation of the CashAddr format specification. If you are looking for an easy-to-use and well-tested library to translate between different formats, check out BchAddr.js.