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@samouraiwallet/bip32
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This is a fork of the original bip32 library with minor changes:
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for better type safetyA BIP32 compatible library written in TypeScript with transpiled JavaScript committed to git.
TypeScript
import BIP32Factory from 'bip32';
import * as ecc from 'tiny-secp256k1';
import type { BIP32Interface } from 'bip32';
// You must wrap a tiny-secp256k1 compatible implementation
const bip32 = BIP32Factory(ecc);
const node: BIP32Interface = bip32.fromBase58('xprv9s21ZrQH143K3QTDL4LXw2F7HEK3wJUD2nW2nRk4stbPy6cq3jPPqjiChkVvvNKmPGJxWUtg6LnF5kejMRNNU3TGtRBeJgk33yuGBxrMPHi');
const child: BIP32Interface = node.derivePath('m/0/0');
// ...
NodeJS
import BIP32Factory from 'bip32';
import * as ecc from 'tiny-secp256k1';
// You must wrap a tiny-secp256k1 compatible implementation
const bip32 = BIP32Factory(ecc);
const node = bip32.fromBase58('xprv9s21ZrQH143K3QTDL4LXw2F7HEK3wJUD2nW2nRk4stbPy6cq3jPPqjiChkVvvNKmPGJxWUtg6LnF5kejMRNNU3TGtRBeJgk33yuGBxrMPHi');
const child = node.derivePath('m/0/0');
A derivation (and extraction for modularity) of the HDWallet
/HDNode
written and tested by bitcoinjs-lib contributors since 2014.
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A BIP32 compatible library
We found that @samouraiwallet/bip32 demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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