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@ethereumjs/util is a utility library for Ethereum-related operations. It provides a wide range of utility functions for handling Ethereum addresses, private keys, public keys, signatures, and other cryptographic operations. This package is essential for developers working on Ethereum-based applications, as it simplifies many common tasks.
Address Utilities
This feature allows you to convert an Ethereum address to its checksummed version, which includes mixed-case letters to help prevent errors.
const { toChecksumAddress } = require('@ethereumjs/util');
const address = '0x32Be343B94f860124dC4fEe278FDCBD38C102D88';
const checksumAddress = toChecksumAddress(address);
console.log(checksumAddress); // '0x32Be343B94f860124dC4fEe278FDCBD38C102D88'
Private Key Utilities
This feature allows you to derive an Ethereum address from a given private key.
const { privateToAddress } = require('@ethereumjs/util');
const privateKey = Buffer.from('c87509a1c067bbde78beb793e6fa1b2b4a5c4c9c3c8e3b3a3b3a3b3a3b3a3b3a', 'hex');
const address = privateToAddress(privateKey);
console.log(address.toString('hex')); // '0x32Be343B94f860124dC4fEe278FDCBD38C102D88'
Signature Utilities
This feature allows you to sign a message hash with a private key and convert the signature to RPC format.
const { ecsign, toRpcSig } = require('@ethereumjs/util');
const msgHash = Buffer.from('5c6ffbdd40d9556b73a21e63c3e0e904e4e1a8a0', 'hex');
const privateKey = Buffer.from('c87509a1c067bbde78beb793e6fa1b2b4a5c4c9c3c8e3b3a3b3a3b3a3b3a3b3a', 'hex');
const sig = ecsign(msgHash, privateKey);
const rpcSig = toRpcSig(sig.v, sig.r, sig.s);
console.log(rpcSig); // '0x...' (signature in RPC format)
ethereumjs-wallet is a library for creating and managing Ethereum wallets. It provides functionalities for generating private keys, addresses, and signing transactions. Compared to @ethereumjs/util, it is more focused on wallet management rather than general utility functions.
web3-utils is a utility library that is part of the Web3.js suite. It provides a wide range of utility functions for Ethereum-related operations, including encoding/decoding, hashing, and address validation. It overlaps with @ethereumjs/util in many areas but is part of a larger framework for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain.
ethers is a complete Ethereum library that includes utilities for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain, managing wallets, and performing cryptographic operations. It offers similar functionalities to @ethereumjs/util but is more comprehensive, providing a full suite of tools for Ethereum development.
A collection of utility functions for Ethereum. It can be used in Node.js and in the browser with browserify.
To obtain the latest version, simply require the project using npm
:
npm install @ethereumjs/util
import assert from 'assert'
import { isValidChecksumAddress, unpadBuffer } from '@ethereumjs/util'
assert.ok(isValidChecksumAddress('0x2F015C60E0be116B1f0CD534704Db9c92118FB6A'))
assert.ok(unpadBuffer(Buffer.from('000000006600', 'hex')).equals(Buffer.from('6600', 'hex')))
Read the API docs.
KECCAK256_NULL_S
for string representation of Keccak-256 hash of nullv8
, please use ethereum-cryptography directly insteadStarting with v8 the usage of BN.js for big numbers has been removed from the library and replaced with the usage of the native JS BigInt data type (introduced in ES2020
).
Please note that number-related API signatures have changed along with this version update and the minimal build target has been updated to ES2020
.
The following methods are available by an internalized version of the ethjs-util package (MIT
license), see internal.ts. The original package is not maintained any more and the original functionality will be replaced by own implementations over time (starting with the v7.1.3
release, October 2021).
They can be imported by name:
import { stripHexPrefix } from '@ethereumjs/util'
See our organizational documentation for an introduction to EthereumJS
as well as information on current standards and best practices. If you want to join for work or carry out improvements on the libraries, please review our contribution guidelines first.
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A collection of utility functions for Ethereum
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We found that @ethereumjs/util demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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