ripple-bs58
JavaScript component to compute base 58 encoding. This encoding is typically used for crypto currencies such as Bitcoin.
Note: If you're looking for base 58 check encoding, see: https://github.com/bitcoinjs/ripple-bs58check, which depends upon this library.
Install
npm i --save ripple-bs58
API
encode(input)
input
must be a Buffer or an Array
. It returns a string
.
example:
const bs58 = const bytes = Bufferconst address = bs58console// => ra7jcY4BG9GTKhuqpCfyYNbu5CqUzoLMGS
decode(input)
input
must be a base 58 encoded string. Returns a Buffer.
example:
const bs58 = const address = 'ra7jcY4BG9GTKhuqpCfyYNbu5CqUzoLMGS'const bytes = bs58console// => 003c176e659bea0f29a3e9bf7880c112b1b31b4dc826268187
Hack / Test
Uses JavaScript standard style. Read more:
Credits
- Mike Hearn for original Java implementation
- Stefan Thomas for porting to JavaScript
- Stephan Pair for buffer improvements
- Daniel Cousens for cleanup and merging improvements from bitcoinjs-lib
- Jared Deckard for killing
bigi
as a dependency
License
MIT