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The bip39 npm package is a JavaScript implementation of the BIP39 standard for generating mnemonic codes for generating deterministic keys. It is commonly used in cryptocurrency applications for creating and managing mnemonic phrases, which can be used to derive cryptographic keys.
Generate Mnemonic
This feature allows you to generate a random mnemonic phrase. The mnemonic phrase is a set of words that can be used to generate a deterministic wallet.
const bip39 = require('bip39');
const mnemonic = bip39.generateMnemonic();
console.log(mnemonic);
Validate Mnemonic
This feature allows you to validate a given mnemonic phrase. It checks if the mnemonic is valid according to the BIP39 standard.
const bip39 = require('bip39');
const mnemonic = 'praise you muffin lion enable neck grocery crumble super myself license ghost';
const isValid = bip39.validateMnemonic(mnemonic);
console.log(isValid);
Mnemonic to Seed
This feature converts a mnemonic phrase to a seed. The seed can be used to derive cryptographic keys.
const bip39 = require('bip39');
const mnemonic = 'praise you muffin lion enable neck grocery crumble super myself license ghost';
const seed = bip39.mnemonicToSeedSync(mnemonic).toString('hex');
console.log(seed);
Mnemonic to Seed with Password
This feature converts a mnemonic phrase to a seed using an optional password. The password adds an extra layer of security.
const bip39 = require('bip39');
const mnemonic = 'praise you muffin lion enable neck grocery crumble super myself license ghost';
const seed = bip39.mnemonicToSeedSync(mnemonic, 'password').toString('hex');
console.log(seed);
The ethers.js library is a complete and compact library for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain and its ecosystem. It includes functionality for generating mnemonic phrases and deriving keys, similar to bip39, but also provides a wide range of other features for interacting with Ethereum smart contracts, wallets, and more.
The hdkey package is a library for working with hierarchical deterministic (HD) wallets. It allows for the generation and management of HD keys, which can be derived from a mnemonic phrase. While it does not generate mnemonic phrases itself, it can be used in conjunction with bip39 or similar packages to manage HD wallets.
The bitcoinjs-lib library is a comprehensive library for Bitcoin-related operations. It includes functionality for generating and validating mnemonic phrases, as well as creating and managing Bitcoin transactions and addresses. It is more specialized for Bitcoin compared to bip39, which is more general-purpose.
JavaScript implementation of Bitcoin BIP39: Mnemonic code for generating deterministic keys
Please remember to allow recovery from mnemonic phrases that have invalid checksums (or that you don't have the wordlist)
When a checksum is invalid, warn the user that the phrase is not something generated by your app, and ask if they would like to use it anyway. This way, your app only needs to hold the wordlists for your supported languages, but you can recover phrases made by other apps in other languages.
However, there should be other checks in place, such as checking to make sure the user is inputting 12 words or more separated by a space. ie. phrase.trim().split(/\s+/g).length >= 12
// Generate a random mnemonic (uses crypto.randomBytes under the hood), defaults to 128-bits of entropy
var mnemonic = bip39.generateMnemonic()
// => 'seed sock milk update focus rotate barely fade car face mechanic mercy'
bip39.mnemonicToSeedHex('basket actual')
// => '5cf2d4a8b0355e90295bdfc565a022a409af063d5365bb57bf74d9528f494bfa4400f53d8349b80fdae44082d7f9541e1dba2b003bcfec9d0d53781ca676651f'
bip39.mnemonicToSeed('basket actual')
// => <Buffer 5c f2 d4 a8 b0 35 5e 90 29 5b df c5 65 a0 22 a4 09 af 06 3d 53 65 bb 57 bf 74 d9 52 8f 49 4b fa 44 00 f5 3d 83 49 b8 0f da e4 40 82 d7 f9 54 1e 1d ba 2b ...>
bip39.validateMnemonic(mnemonic)
// => true
bip39.validateMnemonic('basket actual')
// => false
var bip39 = require('bip39')
// defaults to BIP39 English word list
// uses HEX strings for entropy
var mnemonic = bip39.entropyToMnemonic('00000000000000000000000000000000')
// => zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo wrong
// reversible
bip39.mnemonicToEntropy(mnemonic)
// => '133755ff'
FAQs
Bitcoin BIP39: Mnemonic code for generating deterministic keys
The npm package bip39 receives a total of 293,300 weekly downloads. As such, bip39 popularity was classified as popular.
We found that bip39 demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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