bitcoinjs-lib
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The bitcoinjs-lib npm package is a library for Bitcoin-related operations in JavaScript. It provides tools for creating, signing, and verifying Bitcoin transactions, as well as generating and managing Bitcoin addresses and keys.
Generate a Bitcoin Address
This feature allows you to generate a new Bitcoin address. The code creates a random key pair and derives a Bitcoin address from the public key.
const bitcoin = require('bitcoinjs-lib');
const keyPair = bitcoin.ECPair.makeRandom();
const { address } = bitcoin.payments.p2pkh({ pubkey: keyPair.publicKey });
console.log(address);Create a Bitcoin Transaction
This feature allows you to create a Bitcoin transaction. The code builds a transaction by adding inputs and outputs, and then signs it with the private key.
const bitcoin = require('bitcoinjs-lib');
const keyPair = bitcoin.ECPair.fromWIF('your-private-key');
const txb = new bitcoin.TransactionBuilder();
txb.addInput('previous-txid', 0); // Add input (previous transaction)
txb.addOutput('recipient-address', 100000); // Add output (recipient address and amount in satoshis)
txb.sign(0, keyPair); // Sign the transaction
const tx = txb.build().toHex();
console.log(tx);Verify a Bitcoin Transaction
This feature allows you to verify a Bitcoin transaction. The code parses a transaction from its hexadecimal representation and checks if all inputs have valid scripts.
const bitcoin = require('bitcoinjs-lib');
const tx = bitcoin.Transaction.fromHex('transaction-hex');
const txb = bitcoin.TransactionBuilder.fromTransaction(tx);
const isValid = txb.inputs.every(input => input.script && input.script.length > 0);
console.log(isValid);Bitcore-lib is another JavaScript library for Bitcoin-related operations. It offers similar functionalities to bitcoinjs-lib, such as creating and signing transactions, generating addresses, and managing keys. Bitcore-lib is part of the Bitcore project, which includes additional tools and services for Bitcoin development.
Bcoin is a full Bitcoin node implementation in JavaScript. It provides a comprehensive set of tools for Bitcoin development, including wallet management, transaction creation, and blockchain interaction. Bcoin is more feature-rich compared to bitcoinjs-lib, as it can run as a full node and participate in the Bitcoin network.
Bitcoin-core is a JavaScript library for interacting with Bitcoin Core, the reference implementation of the Bitcoin protocol. It allows developers to communicate with a Bitcoin Core node using RPC calls, enabling functionalities such as transaction creation, address management, and blockchain querying. Unlike bitcoinjs-lib, which is a standalone library, bitcoin-core relies on a running Bitcoin Core node.
The pure JavaScript Bitcoin library for node.js and browsers.
A continued implementation of the original 0.1.3 version used by over a million wallet users; the backbone for almost all Bitcoin web wallets in production today.
If you are thinking of using the master branch of this library in production, stop. Master is not stable; it is our development branch, and only tagged releases may be classified as stable.
If you are looking for the original, it is tagged as 0.1.3. Unless you need it for dependency reasons, it is strongly recommended that you use (or upgrade to) the newest version, which adds major functionality, cleans up the interface, fixes many bugs, and adds over 1,300 more tests.
npm install bitcoinjs-lib
var bitcoin = require('bitcoinjs-lib')
From the repo:
var bitcoin = require('./src/index.js')
From the repository: Compile bitcoinjs-min.js with the following command:
$ npm run-script compile
From NPM:
$ npm -g install bitcoinjs-lib browserify uglify-js
$ browserify -r bitcoinjs-lib -s Bitcoin | uglifyjs > bitcoinjs.min.js
After loading this file in your browser, you will be able to use the global bitcoin object.
These examples assume you are running bitcoinjs-lib in the browser.
key = bitcoin.ECKey.makeRandom()
// Print your private key (in WIF format)
console.log(key.toWIF())
// => 8c112cf628362ecf4d482f68af2dbb50c8a2cb90d226215de925417aa9336a48
// Print your public key (toString defaults to a Bitcoin address)
console.log(key.pub.getAddress().toString())
// => 14bZ7YWde4KdRb5YN7GYkToz3EHVCvRxkF
tx = new bitcoin.Transaction()
// Add the input (who is paying) of the form [previous transaction hash, index of the output to use]
tx.addInput("aa94ab02c182214f090e99a0d57021caffd0f195a81c24602b1028b130b63e31", 0)
// Add the output (who to pay to) of the form [payee's address, amount in satoshis]
tx.addOutput("1Gokm82v6DmtwKEB8AiVhm82hyFSsEvBDK", 15000)
// Initialize a private key using WIF
key = bitcoin.ECKey.fromWIF("L1uyy5qTuGrVXrmrsvHWHgVzW9kKdrp27wBC7Vs6nZDTF2BRUVwy")
// Sign the first input with the new key
tx.sign(0, key)
// Print transaction serialized as hex
console.log(tx.toHex())
// => 0100000001313eb630b128102b60241ca895f1d0ffca2170d5a0990e094f2182c102ab94aa000000008a47304402200169f1f844936dc60df54e812345f5dd3e6681fea52e33c25154ad9cc23a330402204381ed8e73d74a95b15f312f33d5a0072c7a12dd6c3294df6e8efbe4aff27426014104e75628573696aed32d7656fb35e9c71ea08eb6492837e13d2662b9a36821d0fff992692fd14d74fdec20fae29128ba12653249cbeef521fc5eba84dde0689f27ffffffff01983a0000000000001976a914ad618cf4333b3b248f9744e8e81db2964d0ae39788ac00000000
// You could now push the transaction onto the Bitcoin network manually (see https://blockchain.info/pushtx)
Stefan Thomas is the inventor and creator of this project. His pioneering work made Bitcoin web wallets possible.
Since then, many people have contributed. Click here to see the comprehensive list.
Daniel Cousens, Wei Lu, JP Richardson and Kyle Drake lead the major refactor of the library from 0.1.3 to 1.0.0.
$ npm test
$ npm run-script coverage
This library is free and open-source software released under the MIT license.
BitcoinJS (c) 2011-2012 Stefan Thomas Released under MIT license
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Client-side Bitcoin JavaScript library
The npm package bitcoinjs-lib receives a total of 78,408 weekly downloads. As such, bitcoinjs-lib popularity was classified as popular.
We found that bitcoinjs-lib demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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