/coininfo

JavaScript component for crypto currency specific information.

Primary LanguageJavaScript

coininfo

build status

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 bitconjs-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