bitcoin-units

bitcoin-units

Convert between any bitcoin unit - BTC, mBTC, μBTC, satoshi and even your own custom units! Available for ES6 and Node.js.

bitcoin(1, 'mBTC').to('BTC').value()
0.001

bitcoin(100000, 'satoshi').to('BTC').format()
'0.001 BTC'

Installation

Add bitcoin-units to your Javascript project dependencies using Yarn:

yarn add bitcoin-units

Or NPM:

npm install bitcoin-units --save

Usage

Importing

Import using ES6:

import bitcoin from 'bitcoin-units';

Or AMD:

var bitcoin = require('bitcoin-units');

Converting bitcoin

Basic unit conversions are done using the to(unit) function:

bitcoin(1, 'mBTC').to('BTC').value()
0.001

Available units

There are 4 available units by default: btc, mbtc, bit and satoshi.

You can also use any of the following aliases:

• btc: bitcoin or bitcoins

• mbtc: millibtc

• bit: μbtc or microbtc

• satoshi: sat, sats, satoshi, satoshis

Available getters

value() returns a Number:

bitcoin(1, 'mBTC').to('BTC').value()
0.001

toString() returns a string:

bitcoin(100000, 'satoshi').to('BTC').format()
'0.001'

format() returns a string with the value and unit:

bitcoin(100000, 'satoshi').to('BTC').format()
'0.001 BTC'

Customization

Format

You can set your own custom units using the bitcoin.setDisplay(unit, options):

bitcoin.setDisplay('satoshi', {
  format: '{amount} custom'
});

bitcoin(1, 'BTC').to('satoshi').format();

'100,000,000 custom'

Custom Unit

If you want to create your own custom units, you can use the bitcoin.setUnit(unit, value):

bitcoin.setUnit('custom', 1 / 1E2);

bitcoin(1, 'btc').to('custom').value();

100

You can use this to create your own conversion to fiat currencies:

// Let's suppose a rate of 1 BTC = $8000.00

bitcoin.setUnit('usd', 1 / 8000);

bitcoin(1, 'satoshi').to('usd').value();

0.00008

There's a shorthand to this function named bitcoin.setFiat(unit, rate):

bitcoin.setFiat('usd', 8000);

bitcoin(1, 'satoshi').to('usd').value();

0.00008

Author

Rui Gomes
https://ruigomes.me

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see LICENSE file for more information.