RavencoinJS (ravencoinjs-lib)


The pure JavaScript Ravencoin library for node.js and browsers.
Used by over a million wallet users and the backbone for almost all Ravencoin web wallets in production today.

Features

- Clean: Pure JavaScript, concise code, easy to read.
- Tested: Coverage > 90%, third-party integration tests.
- Careful: Two person approval process for small, focused pull requests.
- Compatible: Works on Node.js and all modern browsers.
- Powerful: Support for advanced features, such as multi-sig, HD Wallets.
- Secure: Strong random number generation, PGP signed releases, trusted developers.
- Principled: No support for browsers with crap RNG (IE < 11)
- Standardized: Node community coding style, Browserify, Node's stdlib and Buffers.
- Fast: Optimized code, uses typed arrays instead of byte arrays for performance.
- Experiment-friendly: Ravencoin Mainnet and Testnet support.
- Altcoin-ready: Capable of working with ravencoin-derived cryptocurrencies (such as Dogecoin).

Should I use this in production?

If you are thinking of using the master branch of this library in production, stop.
Master is not stable; it is our development branch, and only tagged releases may be classified as stable.

Installation

npm install ravencoinjs-lib

Setup

$3

var ravencoin = require('ravencoinjs-lib')

$3

If you're familiar with how to use browserify, ignore this and proceed normally.
These steps are advisory only, and may not be necessary for your application.

Browserify is assumed to be installed for these steps.

From your repository, create an index.js file
`` javascript
module.exports = {
base58: require('bs58'),
ravencoin: require('ravencoinjs-lib'),
ecurve: require('ecurve'),
BigInteger: require('bigi')
}
`

Install each of the above packages locally
` bash
npm install bs58 ravencoinjs-lib ecurve bigi
`

After installation, use browserify to compile index.js for use in the browser:
` bash
$ browserify index.js --standalone foo > app.js
`

You will now be able to use