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ripemd160

Calculates the Ripemd160 hash of a byte array or hex value.

This function is a re-export of ripemd160 from @noble/hashes – an audited & minimal JS hashing library.

Install

import { ripemd160 } from 'viem'

Usage

import { ripemd160 } from 'viem'
 
ripemd160(new Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33])
// 0x8476ee4631b9b30ac2754b0ee0c47e161d3f724c
 
ripemd160('0xdeadbeef')
// 0x226821c2f5423e11fe9af68bd285c249db2e4b5a

Returns

Hex | ByteArray

The hashed value.

Parameters

value

  • Type: Hex | ByteArray

The hex value or byte array to hash.

to

  • Type: "bytes" | "hex"
  • Default: "hex"

The output type.

import { ripemd160 } from 'viem'
 
ripemd160(
  new Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33],
  'bytes'
)
// Uint8Array [132, 118, 238, 70, 49, 185, 179, 10, 194, 117, 75, 14, 224, 196, 126, 22, 29, 63, 114, 76]