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@liskhq/lisk-cryptography
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General cryptographic functions for use with Lisk-related software
@liskhq/lisk-cryptography is containing general cryptographic functions for use with Lisk-related software
$ npm install --save @liskhq/lisk-cryptography
Install optional dependencies:
$ npm i -D benchmark sodium-native
Benchmark nacl functions:
$ npx babel-node ./benchmark/nacl
Benchmark results for nacl functions:
Function | Fast | Slow | Winner |
---|---|---|---|
box | x 23,982 ops/sec ±0.59% | x 771 ops/sec ±0.44% | Fast |
openBox | x 24,247 ops/sec ±0.42% | x 770 ops/sec ±0.69% | Fast |
signDetached | x 46,402 ops/sec ±0.32% | x 236 ops/sec ±1.63% | Fast |
verifyDetached | x 17,153 ops/sec ±0.19% | x 122 ops/sec ±0.61% | Fast |
getRandomBytes | x 207,866 ops/sec ±0.23% | x 299,959 ops/sec ±0.39% | Slow |
getKeyPair | x 38,815 ops/sec ±0.16% | x 242 ops/sec ±0.62% | Fast |
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General cryptographic functions for use with Lisk-related software
The npm package @liskhq/lisk-cryptography receives a total of 10,137 weekly downloads. As such, @liskhq/lisk-cryptography popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @liskhq/lisk-cryptography demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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