ReactNative BitcoinJS (react-native-expo-bitcoinjs-lib)

ReactNative-ready fork of the original bitcoinjs package. Used by over a million wallet users and the backbone for almost all Bitcoin web wallets in production today.

Features

• Clean: Pure JavaScript, concise code, easy to read.
• Tested: Coverage > 90%, third-party integration tests.
• Careful: Two person approval process for small, focused pull requests.
• Compatible: Works on Node.js and all modern browsers.
• Powerful: Support for advanced features, such as multi-sig, HD Wallets.
• Secure: Strong random number generation, PGP signed releases, trusted developers.
• Principled: No support for browsers with crap RNG (IE < 11)
• Standardized: Node community coding style, Browserify, Node's stdlib and Buffers.
• Fast: Optimized code, uses typed arrays instead of byte arrays for performance.
• Experiment-friendly: Bitcoin Mainnet and Testnet support.
• Altcoin-ready: Capable of working with bitcoin-derived cryptocurrencies (such as Dogecoin).

Installation

yarn add react-native-expo-bitcoinjs-lib

Setup

yarn addreact-native-expo-bitcoinjs-lib expo-random

Usage

Edit index.android.js and index.ios.js

import Bitcoin from 'react-native-expo-bitcoinjs-lib'
[...]
const keypair = Bitcoin.ECPair.makeRandom()
console.log(keypair.getAddress()) // your brand new base58-encoded Bitcoin address

Examples

Run the example app or refer to the original repository for more available examples.

Projects utilizing BitcoinJS for Node.js and Browsers

• BitAddress
• Blockchain.info
• Blocktrail
• Dark Wallet
• DecentralBank
• Dogechain Wallet
• EI8HT Wallet
• GreenAddress
• Robocoin
• Skyhook ATM

Projects utilizing BitcoinJS for React Native

• ReactNative Bitcoin Wallet

Complementing Libraries

• BIP21 - A BIP21 compatible URL encoding utility library
• BIP38 - Passphrase-protected private keys
• BIP39 - ReactNative-ready Mnemonic generation for deterministic keys
• BIP32-Utils - ReactNative-ready set of utilities for working with BIP32
• BIP32-Wallet - A BIP32 Wallet backed by bitcoinjs-lib, lite on features but heavily tested
• BIP66 - Strict DER signature decoding
• BIP69 - Lexicographical Indexing of Transaction Inputs and Outputs
• Base58 - Base58 encoding/decoding
• Base58 Check - Base58 check encoding/decoding
• BCoin - BIP37 / Bloom Filters / SPV client
• insight - A bitcoin blockchain API for web wallets.

Alternatives

There are currently no alternatives for React Native.

LICENSE MIT

Copyright

BitcoinJS (c) 2011-2016 bitcoinjs-lib contributors

Released under MIT license