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Package getbs58 creates base58 encoder/decoder functions by BigInt.
import bs58 from "getbs58";
const raw = "00eb15231dfceb60925886b67d065299925915aeb172c06647";
const result = bs58.encode(raw);
console.log(result);
// => 1NS17iag9jJgTHD1VXjvLCEnZuQ3rJDE9L
console.log(bs58.decode(result) === raw);
// => true
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Package getbs58 creates base58 encoder/decoder functions by BigInt
We found that getbs58 demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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