coininfo

coininfo

JavaScript component for crypto currency specific information such as version numbers, DNS seeds, etc. Works in Node.js and the browser.

Installation

npm i coininfo

Usage

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.

Want to Use With Bitcore or bitcoinjs-lib?

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()

Pull requests?

Follow the canonical example:

https://github.com/cryptocoinjs/coininfo/blob/master/lib/coins/btc.js

License

MIT