ecashaddrjs

Address encoding/decoding for eCash (CashAddr format).

npm: ecashaddrjs

Usage

import ecashaddr from 'ecashaddrjs';

// Decode
const { prefix, type, hash } = ecashaddr.decode('ecash:qpadrekpz6gjd8w0zfedmtqyld0r2j4qmuthccqd8d');
// prefix: 'ecash', type: 'P2PKH', hash: Uint8Array

// Encode
const address = ecashaddr.encode('ecash', type, hash);

Address Validation

function isValidEcashAddress(address: string): boolean {
  try {
    const { prefix } = ecashaddr.decode(address);
    return prefix === 'ecash';
  } catch {
    return false;
  }
}

API Reference

Method	Description
encode(prefix, type, hash)	Encode to CashAddr format
decode(address)	Decode CashAddr address

Address Type	Description
P2PKH	Pay to Public Key Hash (20 bytes)
P2SH	Pay to Script Hash (20 bytes)

Prefix	Network
ecash	eCash mainnet
ectest	eCash testnet
bitcoincash	Bitcoin Cash