BitcoinCash.js

A simple, safe, and powerful JavaScript Bitcoin Cash library.

Bitcoin Cash

Bitcoin Cash is the continuation of the Bitcoin project as peer-to-peer electronic cash for the Internet.

Bitcoin Cash uses a different SigHash for transaction signatures. The implementation in BitcoinCash.js has been tested agains the original Bitcoin Cash test vectors (see sighash.json in /test). Modifications in script evaluation have not yet been implemented.

Get Started

npm install --save bitcoincashjs

bower install bitcoincashjs

Documentation

The complete docs are hosted here: BitcoinCash.js documentation.

• Read the Developer Guide

Examples

• Generate a random address
• Generate a address from a SHA256 hash
• Import an address via WIF
• Create a Transaction
• Sign a Bitcoin message
• Verify a Bitcoin message
• Create an OP RETURN transaction
• Create a 2-of-3 multisig P2SH address
• Spend from a 2-of-2 multisig P2SH address

Security

BitcoinCash.js is built upon Bitcore, which is used in production at Bitpay and many other projects.

If you find a security issue, please email bitcoincashjs@tuta.io.

Contributing

Please send pull requests for bug fixes, code optimization, and ideas for improvement. For more information on how to contribute, please refer to our CONTRIBUTING file.

Development & Tests

git clone https://github.com/bitcoincashjs/bitcoincashjs
cd bitcoincashjs
npm install

Run all the tests:

gulp test:node
gulp test:karma

License

Code released under the MIT license.