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Bitauth IDE v1.0.0 Released

Bitauth IDE v1.0.0 Released

The first long-term stable (LTS) release of Bitauth IDE, v1.0.0, is now available. This upgrade significantly improves performance, enables offline usage, and clears the way for future development.

Libauth v2.0.0 Released

Libauth v2.0.0 Released

Libauth v2.0.0 is now available, and the library has reached over 1 million annual downloads, with consistent growth in daily downloads.

Chaingraph: Multi-Node Bitcoin Cash Indexer

Chaingraph: Multi-Node Bitcoin Cash Indexer

The first release of Chaingraph – a new, open source indexer and API backend for Bitcoin Cash apps and businesses – is now available.

Libauth Has a New Logo

Libauth is an ultra-lightweight JavaScript library for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Bitauth applications. Portable, zero dependencies.

Bitcoin-ts is now Libauth

Bitcoin-ts is now Libauth

Libauth is an ultra-lightweight JavaScript library for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Bitauth applications. Portable + zero dependencies.

New Release: CashAddress Error Correction for Javascript

New Release: CashAddress Error Correction for Javascript

The latest release of bitcoin-ts now supports encoding, decoding, and error correction for CashAddress, the address format used by BCH.

Evaluate and Debug Bitcoin Cash Scripts in JavaScript

Evaluate and Debug Bitcoin Cash Scripts in JavaScript

A full TypeScript implementation of the BCH virtual machine is now available in bitcoin-ts, including both standard evaluation and a…

Schnorr Signature Support for JavasScript using WebAssembly

Schnorr Signature Support for JavasScript using WebAssembly

The latest version of bitcoin-ts [https://github.com/bitauth/bitcoin-ts] now includes support for signing and verifying Schnorr signatures over the secp256k1 curve. Schnorr functionality has been added to the library’s Secp256k1 [https://bitauth.github.io/bitcoin-ts/interfaces/secp256k1.html] WebAssembly interface [https://bitauth.github.io/bitcoin-ts/interfaces/secp256k1.

Just released: SHA-256, SHA-512, SHA-1, and RIPEMD-160 using WebAssembly

Just released: SHA-256, SHA-512, SHA-1, and RIPEMD-160 using WebAssembly

TL;DR: up to 20x better performance than JavaScript, and up to 4x faster than Node.js native bindings for small inputs. (But you should look at the benchmarks yourself.) You can now import WebAssembly implementations of the cryptographic hash functions used in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash from

Just released: WebAssembly version of Secp256k1 (10x faster than Javascript)

Just released: WebAssembly version of Secp256k1 (10x faster than Javascript)

Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and most other cryptocurrencies use the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_Curve_Digital_Signature_Algorithm] to authenticate transactions. ECDSA can be used with a number of different elliptic curves [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic-curve_cryptography], and Bitcoin’s creator

It’s time to give TypeScript another chance

It’s time to give TypeScript another chance

Since 2012, TypeScript has been a popular choice for programmers coming to JavaScript from more structured languages (like C++ or Java)…