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@chainx/wasm-crypto
Advanced tools
Wrapper around crypto hashing functions
Install the package (also requires @polkadot/util
for TextEncoder
polyfills - not included here as a dependency to keep the tree lean)
yarn add @polkadot/wasm-crypto @polkadot/util
Use it -
const { u8aToHex } = require('@chainx/util');
const { bio39Generate, bip39ToSeed, waitReady } = require('@chainx/wasm-crypto');
async function main () {
// first wait until the WASM has been loaded (async init)
await waitReady();
// generate phrase
const phrase = bip39Generate();
// get ed25519 seed from phrase
const seed = bip39ToSeed(phrase, '');
// display
console.log('phrase:', phrase);
console.log('seed:', u8aToHex(seed));
}
FAQs
Wrapper around crypto hashing functions
The npm package @chainx/wasm-crypto receives a total of 5 weekly downloads. As such, @chainx/wasm-crypto popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @chainx/wasm-crypto demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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