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@polkadot/wasm-crypto
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Wrapper around crypto hashing functions
Install the package (also requires @polkadot/util
for TextEncoder
polyfills - not included here as a dependency to keep the tree lean)
yarn add @polkadot/wasm-crypto @polkadot/util
Use it -
import { u8aToHex } from '@polkadot/util';
import { bip39Generate, bip39ToSeed, waitReady } from '@polkadot/wasm-crypto';
// first wait until the WASM has been loaded (async init)
await waitReady();
// generate phrase
const phrase = bip39Generate(12);
// get ed25519 seed from phrase
const seed = bip39ToSeed(phrase, '');
// display
console.log('phrase:', phrase);
console.log('seed:', u8aToHex(seed));
7.4.1 Oct 20, 2024
FAQs
A wasm interface layer for use by @polkadot/util-crypto
The npm package @polkadot/wasm-crypto receives a total of 73,155 weekly downloads. As such, @polkadot/wasm-crypto popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @polkadot/wasm-crypto 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.
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