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@devforth/anychain-address-validator
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Anychain address validator for Bitcoin and other blockchains.
Simple blockchain address validator for validating Bitcoin and other blockchain addresses Node.js and browser.
npm install @devforth/anychain-address-validator
<script src="dist/anychain-address-validator.bundle.min.js"></script>
Returns true if the address is a valid wallet address for the blockchain specified or throws if validator could not be found for chain
algorandbitcoin, btc, omnibitcoin-cash, bitcoincash, bitcoin cash, bchcardano, adadogecoin, dogeeosethereum, eth, erc20, flare, avalanche, avalanche-c, bsc, bnb, binance, sonic, berachain, story, polygon, pol, maticlitecoin, ltcmoneronanonempolkadotripple', xrp`siasolana, spltezostontron, trc20xlm, stellarimport { validate } from '@devforth/anychain-address-validator'
const valid = validate('1KFzzGtDdnq5hrwxXGjwVnKzRbvf8WVxck', 'BTC');
if (valid)
console.log('This is a valid address');
else
console.log('Address INVALID');
// This will log 'This is a valid address' to the console.
import { validate } from '@devforth/anychain-address-validator'
const valid = validate('0xdbF03B407c01E7cD3CBea99509d93f8DDDC8C6FB', 'ethereum');
if (valid)
console.log('This is a valid address');
else
console.log('Address INVALID');
// This will log 'This is a valid address' to the console.
import { validate } from '@devforth/anychain-address-validator'
const valid = validate('1KFzzGtDdnq5hrwxXGjwVnKzRbvf8WVxck', { chain: 'litecoin', networkType: 'testnet' });
if (valid)
console.log('This is a valid address');
else
console.log('Address INVALID');
// As this is a invalid litecoin address 'Address INVALID' will be logged to console.
FAQs
Anychain address validator for Bitcoin and other blockchains.
The npm package @devforth/anychain-address-validator receives a total of 298 weekly downloads. As such, @devforth/anychain-address-validator popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @devforth/anychain-address-validator demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 6 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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