nash-io/base58check

Base58Check

This library implements 3 encoding: Base58, Base58Zero, Base58Check

Base58Check is a modified version of Base58 to be used for bitcoin addresses

• Base58
• Base58Check

Installation

Base58Check is available in Hex, and can be installed by adding base_58_check to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [
    {:base_58_check, "~> 1.0"}
  ]
end

Usage

iex(1)> Base58Check.encode58(<<58, 222, 104, 177>>)
"2WGzDn"

iex(2)> Base58Check.decode58!("2WGzDn")
<<58, 222, 104, 177>>

iex(3)> Base58Check.encode58zero(<<0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 3, 4, 5>>)
"111113yzKE"

iex(4)> Base58Check.decode58zero!("111113yzKE")
<<0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 3, 4, 5>>

iex(5)> Base58Check.encode58check(<<200, 37, 161, 236, 242, 166, 131, 12, 68, 1, 98, 12, 58, 22, 241, 153, 80, 87, 194, 171>>, :p2pkh, :main)
"1KFHE7w8BhaENAswwryaoccDb6qcT6DbYY"

iex(6)> Base58Check.decode58check!("1KFHE7w8BhaENAswwryaoccDb6qcT6DbYY")
<<200, 37, 161, 236, 242, 166, 131, 12, 68, 1, 98, 12, 58, 22, 241, 153, 80, 87, 194, 171>>