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@polkadot/react-qr
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@polkadot/react-qr
A Qr-code component that allows for the transfer of addresses and transaction payloads to and from external readers. It implements the Universal Offline Signatures specification to read and generated QR codes.
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Generates and reads QR codes
The npm package @polkadot/react-qr receives a total of 852 weekly downloads. As such, @polkadot/react-qr popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @polkadot/react-qr demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 27 Aug 2025
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