coininfo

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 bitcoinjs-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

5.2.0 / 2020-11-18

• add c0ban
• add Denarius
• add Groestlcoin
• add x42

5.1.0 / 2019-05-31

• add Ravencoin (#87)

5.0.0 / 2019-05-28

• Switch Digibyte scripthash version byte. The obsolete 0x03 byte is now scripthash2, and the newer 0x3f (S-addresses) byte is the default.

4.5.0 / 2019-04-30

• add bech32 prefixes (#85)

4.4.1 / 2019-04-08

• update DNS seed for BTC (#84)

4.4.0 / 2019-02-15

• add bip32 for LTC (#64)
• add field messagePrefix (#65)
• fix undefined bip32 error (#66)
• fix Peercoin values (#79)

4.3.0 / 2018-08-15

• add Viacoin

4.2.0 / 2018-08-10

• add testnet for Bitcoin Cash

4.1.0 / 2018-07-31

• add scripthash2 for DGB S... addresses

4.0.1 / 2018-06-22

• add BIP32 data for Zcash

4.0.0 / 2018-03-05

• change BIP44 constant for QTUM

3.2.0 / 2018-01-16

• add DigiByte

3.1.0 / 2018-01-10

• add QTUM

3.0.0 / 2018-01-10

• fix monacoin WIF constant

2.2.0 / 2017-12-29

• add BTG support

2.1.0 / 2017-12-28

• add VTC support

1.0.0 / 2017-04-23

• change LTC P2SH

0.10.0 / 2017-04-09

• add DCR
• move from Mocha to Tape

0.9.1 / 2017-03-23

• update Dash constants

0.9.0 / 2016-09-22

• added hashGenesisBlock

0.8.2 / 2016-03-17

• added Dash protocol magic

0.8.1 / 2016-02-04

• fix for use with Node v0.10. See: https://github.com/cryptocoinjs/coininfo/pull/17

0.8.0 / 2016-01-29

• added nubits
• added bitcoin regtest
• fixed bitcoin rpc ports

0.7.0 / 2016-01-27

• deleted mue
• deleted 'uro'
• deleted gmc
• added toBitcoinJS() for bitcoinjs-lib support
• added toBitcore() for Bitpay's bitcore suppport
• add DOGE / LTC seeds / port

0.6.0 / 2016-01-07

• fixed DASH info, See: https://github.com/cryptocoinjs/coininfo/pull/13

0.5.0 / 2015-05-11

• added bip44 constants from http://doc.satoshilabs.com/slips/slip-0044.html

0.4.0 / 2015-04-21

• added missing formal names for some coins
• added support for full coin name passed into coininfo(), i.e. can do coininfo('BTC') or coininfo('bitcoin')
• access coin info via property
• added DASH

0.3.1 / 2015-01-05

• bugfix for browserify

0.3.0 / 2015-01-03

• added more information like network information

0.2.3 / 2014-12-28

• added BlackCoin

0.2.2 / 2014-10-26

• added Gamerscoin https://github.com/cryptocoinjs/coininfo/pull/10

0.2.1 / 2014-08-13

• added RDD

0.2.0 / 2014-06-16

• removed backwards compatibility code, use npm versions instead ralphtheninja
• removed semicolons per http://cryptocoinjs.com/about/contributing/#semicolons
• added PPC and URO support: #4, #6
• added bip32 support
• removed terst dev dep for assert

0.1.0 / 2014-04-14

• added scripthash for each coin, #2

0.0.2 / 2014-04-09

• add Dogecoin Testnet

0.0.1 / 2014-03-10

• initial release