Note: This is a JavaScript implementation of the CashAddr format specification. If you are looking for a general purpose Bitcoin Cash address translation library, check out the easy-to-use and well-tested BchAddr.js.

Installation

Using NPM

$ npm install --save ergonaddrjs

Using Bower

$ bower install --save ergonaddrjs

Manually

You may also download the distribution file manually and place it within your third-party scripts directory: dist/cashaddrjs-1.1.2.min.js.

Usage

In Node.js

const cashaddr = require('ergonaddrjs');
const address = 'ergon:qzlpe5s83jdjeptamv2wma058xq6pflukc6zwasrt7';
const { prefix, type, hash } = cashaddr.decode(address);
console.log(prefix); // 'ergon'
console.log(type); // 'P2PKH'
console.log(hash); // Uint8Array [ 118, 160, ..., 115 ]
console.log(cashaddr.encode(prefix, type, hash)); // 'ergon:qzlpe5s83jdjeptamv2wma058xq6pflukc6zwasrt7'

Note: This is a JavaScript implementation of the CashAddr format specification. If you are looking for an easy-to-use and well-tested library to translate between different formats, check out BchAddr.js.

Browser

Script Tag

You may include a script tag in your HTML and the cashaddr module will be defined globally on subsequent scripts.

<html>
  <head>
    ...
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/ergonaddrjs@1.1.2/dist/ergonaddrjs-1.1.2.min.js"></script>
  </head>
  ...
</html>

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Package last updated on 14 May 2025

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ergonaddrjs

ErgonAddr.js: The Ergon address format for Node.js and web browsers.