Litoshi

Convert between Litecoin and Litoshi with mathematical arbitrary-precision.

Litoshi is designed to work on both regular client applications like browsers and also conventional server applications using NodeJS.

Features

• Litoshi > Litecoin

  • Convert a Litoshi number to Litecoin.

• Litecoin < Litoshi

  • Convert a Litecoin number to Litoshi.

• String support

  • Full support for Number and String types.

• Mathematical precision

  • Precise output using the big.js library, providing arbitrary-precision decimal arithmetic in JavaScript used by over 2,300,000+ developers.

Install

npm i litoshi 

Installing with browsers

Client-side applications can instantly use the browser version of Litoshi by downloading the browser version or by manually building a browser distribution through Browserify.

Examples

See a quick demo of various examples below.

Convert Litecoin to Litoshi

const convert = require('litoshi');

async function convertExample(){
try {
    var result = await convert.toLitoshi(1);
    
        console.log(result); 
        // Result is 100000000
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(`ERROR: ${error}`);
    }
}

convertExample(); 

Convert Litoshi to Litecoin

const convert = require('litoshi');

async function convertExample(){
try {
    var result = await convert.toLitecoin(100000000);
    
        console.log(result); 
        // Result is 1
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(`ERROR: ${error}`);
    }
}

convertExample(); 

Browser example

<script src="litoshi.js"></script>
<script>
async function convertExample(){
try {
    var result = await litoshi.toLitecoin(1000);
    
        console.log(result); 
        // Result is 1
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(`ERROR: ${error}`);
    }
}

convertExample(); 
</script>

FAQ

• What is a Litoshi?

  • Litoshi is to Litecoin as pennies are to the dollar. Except that there are 100,000,000 Litoshi in one Litecoin.

• Why do I need a module when I can just divide or multiply by 100,000,000?

  • Floating point numbers can produce unpredictable results in certain situations.

Built With

• satoshi-bitcoin - Initially derived from the satoshi-bitcoin codebase.

• big.js - Providing arbitrary-precision decimal arithmetic in JavaScript used by over 2,300,000+ developers.

Tests

• TBD.

Versioning

• v1.0.0
  • First release.

Authors

• Edin Jusupovic

License

LitecoinJS is licensed under the MIT license.

Acknowledgments

• Dawson Botsford

  • Creator of satoshi-bitcoin.

• Aditya Yadav

  • Litecoin logo and concept graphics.