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JavaScript component for crypto currency specific information such as version numbers, DNS seeds, etc. Works in Node.js and the browser.
npm i coininfo
var coininfo = require('coininfo')
console.dir(coininfo('LTC')) //use LTC-TEST for testnet
// =>
/*
{ versions:
{ public: 48,
private: 176,
scripthash: 5,
bip32: { public: 27108450, private: 27106558 } } }
*/
Could also:
var litecoin = coininfo.litecoin.main
var litecoinTest = coininfo.litecoin.test
Useful to use in conjunction with coinkey and coinstring.
bitcoinjs-lib example:
var coininfo = require('coininfo')
var bitcoin = coininfo.bitcoin.main
var bitcoinBitcoinJSLib = bitcoin.toBitcoinJS()
Bitcore example:
var coininfo = require('coininfo')
var bitcoin = coininfo.bitcoin.main
var bitcoinBitcoreLib = bitcoin.toBitcore()
Follow the canonical example:
https://github.com/cryptocoinjs/coininfo/blob/master/lib/coins/btc.js
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JavaScript component for crypto currency specific information.
The npm package coininfo receives a total of 15,693 weekly downloads. As such, coininfo popularity was classified as popular.
We found that coininfo demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 8 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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