bitcoinjs-lib

A pure JavaScript Bitcoin library for node.js and browsers. Backed by (slowly improving) testing, proven by over a million wallet users. The backbone for almost all Bitcoin web wallets in production today.

This is not the original bitcoinjs-lib that was not updated for a while. The current bitcoinjs-lib has been refactored to clean things up, add new functionality and merge improvements from the community. If you are looking for the original, it will be tagged as 0.1.3. We will use 0.2.x for releases based on these changes, so be sure to use the 0.1.3 tag if you need the original version.

Features

Bitcoin Testnet and Mainnet (production) support
HD Wallets
Highly secure random private key / address generation using window.crypto.getRandomValues
ECDSA signing and verification
Transaction creation (pay-to-pubkey-hash), support for multisignature transactions
A (somewhat incomplete) wallet implementation, improvements ongoing

Installation

npm install bitcoinjs-lib

Note: The npm version is currently out of date, are working to resolve this. The best way to use the latest code is to clone the repository.

Setup

Node.js

var bitcoin = require('bitcoinjs-lib')

From the repo:

var bitcoin = require('./src/index.js')

Browser

Compile bitcoinjs-min.js with the following command:

$ npm run-script compile

After loading this file in your browser, you will be able to use the global Bitcoin object.

Usage

These examples assume you are running bitcoinjs-lib in the browser.

Generating a Bitcoin address


key = Bitcoin.ECKey()

// Print your private key (used for signing transactions)
console.log(key.toString())
// => 5Jxfda2afuyMw3iaxzAwv6FvAs3XxmjV5y3GPAjZDEhRNJaFG5a

// Print your public key (Bitcoin address)
console.log(key.getPub().toString())
// => 18oxCAnbuKHDjP7KzLBDj8mLjggDBjE1Q9

Creating a Transaction


tx = new Bitcoin.Transaction()

// Add the input (the output of the previous transaction) of the form [previous transaction hash]:[index of the output to use]
tx.addInput("aa94ab02c182214f090e99a0d57021caffd0f195a81c24602b1028b130b63e31:0")

// Add the output (who to pay to) of the form [payee's bitcoin address]:[amount in satoshis]
tx.addOutput("1Gokm82v6DmtwKEB8AiVhm82hyFSsEvBDK:15000")

// Initialize the private key you created earlier so you can sign the transaction
key = Bitcoin.ECKey("5Jxfda2afuyMw3iaxzAwv6FvAs3XxmjV5y3GPAjZDEhRNJaFG5a")

// Sign the first input with your key
tx.sign(0, key)

// Print transaction serialized as hex. You can push the transaction onto the Bitcoin network manually
// here: https://blockchain.info/pushtx
console.log(tx.serializeHex())

Projects utilizing bitcoinjs-lib

Feel free to send pull requests to have your project/startup listed here.

Contributing

Instructions

Fork the repo
Push changes to your fork
Create a pull request

Running the test suite

$ npm test

Alternatives

License

This library is free and open-source software released under the MIT license.

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