Functions for working with altcoin addresses, forked from DefunctZombie.
returns true if the address (string) is a valid altcoin address for the type specified
if no options are specified it defaults to bitcoin
returns address type if valid base58 address, otherwise null
- Bitcoin/BTC (bitcoin)
- Litecoin/LTC (litecoin)
- Peercoin/PPCoin/PPC (peercoin)
- Dogecoin/DOGE (dogecoin)
- BeaverCoin/BVC (beavercoin)
- Freicoin/FRC (freicoin)
- Protoshares/PTS (protoshares)
- Megacoin/MEC (megacoin)
- Primecoin/XPM (primecoin)
- Auroracoin/AUR (auroracoin)
- Namecoin/NMC (namecoin)
I intend to update this to include more currencies in the future. If you would like a new currency added quickly please send a pull request including tests.
This will work for both BIP-0016 P2SH addresses and regular addresses.
To check the validity of a testnet address for any of the listed coins just append 'Testnet'
var altcoin = require('altcoin-address');
var valid = altcoin.validate('1KFzzGtDdnq5hrwxXGjwVnKzRbvf8WVxck', 'bitcoin');
if(valid)
console.log('This is a valid address');
else
console.log('Address INVALID');
//This should return that 'This is a valid address'var altcoin = require('altcoin-address');
var valid = altcoin.validate('1KFzzGtDdnq5hrwxXGjwVnKzRbvf8WVxck', 'litecoinTestnet');
if(valid)
console.log('This is a valid address');
else
console.log('Address INVALID');
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