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@emurgo/cardano-serialization-lib-browser
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(De)serialization functions for the Cardano blockchain along with related utility functions
This is a library, written in Rust, for serialization & deserialization of data structures used in Cardano's Haskell implementation of Alonzo along with useful utility functions.
Note: This package uses weak references flag from wasm-bindgen.
It uses FinalizationRegistry
under the hood to automatically call "free" for each CSL struct when it is no longer needed. However, use this feature with caution as it may have unpredictable behaviors.
You can find documentation here
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(De)serialization functions for the Cardano blockchain along with related utility functions
We found that @emurgo/cardano-serialization-lib-browser demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 5 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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