Base 58 encoding / decoding
npm install b58b58
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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/bs58check, which depends upon this library.
Install
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npm i --save b58
API
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input must be a Buffer or an Array. It returns a string.
example:
``js
const b58 = require('b58')
const bytes = Buffer.from('003c176e659bea0f29a3e9bf7880c112b1b31b4dc826268187', 'hex')
const address = b58.encode(bytes)
console.log(address)
// => 16UjcYNBG9GTK4uq2f7yYEbuifqCzoLMGS
`
input must be a base 58 encoded string. Returns a Buffer.
example:
`js
const b58 = require('b58')
const address = '16UjcYNBG9GTK4uq2f7yYEbuifqCzoLMGS'
const bytes = b58.decode(address)
console.log(bytes.toString('hex'))
// => 003c176e659bea0f29a3e9bf7880c112b1b31b4dc826268187
`
Hack / Test
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Uses JavaScript standard style. Read more:
Credits
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- 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
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MIT