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@multiformats/sha3
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Multiformats hash functions for SHA3
$ npm i @multiformats/sha3
MultihashHasherss are exported from this library, they produce MultihashDigests. Details about these can be found in the multiformats multihash interface definitions.
import * as Block from 'multiformats/block'
import * as codec from '@ipld/dag-cbor'
import { sha3256 as hasher } from '@multiformats/sha3'
async function run () {
const value = { hello: 'world' }
const block = await Block.encode({ value, hasher, codec })
console.log(block.cid)
// -> CID(bafyrmidyqnbqbeh5lmkwavjizfmsz6ezwvjleweh5frwk56akfyugoio2e)
}
run().catch(console.error)
The @multiformats/sha3 package exports sha3*, shake* and keccak* MultihashHashers. The Multicodecs table defines these multihashes.
The following MultihashHashers are exported:
sha3224 - SHA3-224sha3256 - SHA3-256sha3384 - SHA3-384sha3512 - SHA3-512shake128 - SHAKE-128 (256 output bits)shake256 - SHAKE-256 (512 output bits)keccak224 - KECCAK-224keccak256 - KECCAK-256keccak384 - KECCAK-384keccak512 - KECCAK-512e.g. he sha3-384, multicodec code 0x15, may be imported as:
import { sha3384 } from '@multiformats/sha3'
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Multiformats hash functions for SHA3
The npm package @multiformats/sha3 receives a total of 13,153 weekly downloads. As such, @multiformats/sha3 popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @multiformats/sha3 demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 10 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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