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 cashaddrjsUsing Bower
$ bower install --save cashaddrjsManually
You may also download the distribution file manually and place it within your third-party scripts directory: dist/cashaddrjs-0.4.4.min.js.
Usage
In Node.js
const cashaddr = require('cashaddrjs');
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.
Browser
Script Tag
You may include a script tag in your HTML and the cashaddr module will be defined globally on subsequent scripts.
<html>
<head>
...
<script src="https://unpkg.com/cashaddrjs@0.4.4/dist/cashaddrjs-0.4.4.min.js"></script>
</head>
...
</html>Documentation
Generate and Browse Locally
$ npm run docsOnline
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