diff --git a/.github/workflows/ss58-registry.yml b/.github/workflows/ss58-registry.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..919228ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ss58-registry.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: Nightly ss58-registry check
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron:  '1 5 * * *'
+
+jobs:
+  alltests:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        step: ['test:networks']
+    name: ${{ matrix.step }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: ${{ matrix.step }}
+      run: |
+        yarn install --immutable | grep -v 'YN0013'
+        yarn ${{ matrix.step }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e1ebc024..aaa502e88 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Changes:
 - Rename `mnemonicToBip39` to `mnemonicToLegacySeed` (used in non-Substrate compatible fashion)
 - Update pair signature verification to handle MultiSignature results
 - Move documentation to docs repo
+- Added `@polkadot/networks` for a list of known networks and their identifying information
 
 
 ## 3.5.1 Sep 27, 2020
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index f7da09d18..1950a7d87 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ const config = require('@polkadot/dev/config/jest');
 module.exports = Object.assign({}, config, {
   moduleNameMapper: {
     '@polkadot/keyring(.*)$': '<rootDir>/packages/keyring/src/$1',
+    '@polkadot/networks(.*)$': '<rootDir>/packages/networks/src/$1',
     '@polkadot/util-(crypto)(.*)$': '<rootDir>/packages/util-$1/src/$2',
     // eslint-disable-next-line sort-keys
     '@polkadot/util(.*)$': '<rootDir>/packages/util/src/$1'
   },
   modulePathIgnorePatterns: [
     '<rootDir>/packages/keyring/build',
+    '<rootDir>/packages/networks/build',
     '<rootDir>/packages/util/build',
     '<rootDir>/packages/util-crypto/build'
   ],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 417b51436..26e677b5e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
     "clean": "polkadot-dev-clean-build",
     "postinstall": "polkadot-dev-yarn-only",
     "test": "polkadot-dev-run-test --coverage --runInBand",
-    "test:one": "polkadot-dev-run-test"
+    "test:one": "polkadot-dev-run-test",
+    "test:networks": "polkadot-dev-run-test packages/networks/src/checkLatest"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.11.6",
diff --git a/packages/networks/LICENSE b/packages/networks/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
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diff --git a/packages/networks/README.md b/packages/networks/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49f98a31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/networks/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# @polkadot/networks
+
+A list of all available Substrate networks and their applicable prefixes.
+
+This list is periodically checked against the master list available at https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/blob/master/ss58-registry.json
diff --git a/packages/networks/package.json b/packages/networks/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7eb299fb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/networks/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "name": "@polkadot/networks",
+  "version": "3.6.0-beta.6",
+  "description": "A list of all available Substrate networks and their applicable prefixes",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public",
+    "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/polkadot-js/common.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "Polkadot",
+    "Keyring",
+    "ed25519"
+  ],
+  "author": "Jaco Greeff <jacogr@gmail.com>",
+  "maintainers": [
+    "Jaco Greeff <jacogr@gmail.com>"
+  ],
+  "contributors": [],
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/polkadot-js/common/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/polkadot-js/common/tree/master/packages/networks#readme",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@babel/runtime": "^7.11.2"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@polkadot/util": "3.6.0-beta.6",
+    "@polkadot/x-fetch": "^0.3.2"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/networks/src/checkLatest.spec.ts b/packages/networks/src/checkLatest.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d53fa374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/networks/src/checkLatest.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2020 @polkadot/networks authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { Ss58Registry } from './types';
+
+import fetch from '@polkadot/x-fetch';
+import { assert } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+import { all } from './';
+
+describe('check latest Substrate ss58 registry', (): void => {
+  let original: Ss58Registry;
+
+  beforeAll(async (): Promise<void> => {
+    const response = await fetch('https://raw.githack.com/paritytech/substrate/master/ss58-registry.json');
+
+    original = await response.json() as Ss58Registry;
+  });
+
+  it('has the same number as the original', (): void => {
+    expect(all.length).toEqual(original.registry.length);
+  });
+
+  it('has no missing any entries', (): void => {
+    const missing = original.registry
+      .filter(({ prefix }) => !all.some((n) => n.prefix === prefix))
+      .map(({ displayName, prefix }) => `${displayName} (${prefix})}`);
+
+    assert(!missing.length, `Missing entries found: ${missing.join(', ')}`);
+  });
+
+  it('has no extra entries', (): void => {
+    const missing = all
+      .filter(({ prefix }) => !original.registry.some((n) => n.prefix === prefix))
+      .map(({ displayName, prefix }) => `${displayName} (${prefix})}`);
+
+    assert(!missing.length, `Extra entries found: ${missing.join(', ')}`);
+  });
+
+  it('has the same values as the original', (): void => {
+    const fields = Object.keys(original.schema);
+    const errors = original.registry
+      .map((n): [string, string[]] => {
+        const other = all.find(({ prefix }) => prefix === n.prefix);
+
+        return [
+          `${n.displayName} (${n.prefix})`,
+          other
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+            // @ts-ignore
+            ? fields.filter((f) => JSON.stringify(n[f]) !== JSON.stringify(other[f]))
+            : []
+        ];
+      })
+      .filter(([, fields]) => fields.length);
+
+    assert(!errors.length, `Mismatches found: ${JSON.stringify(errors.map(([name, m]) => `${name} on ${m.join(', ')}`), null, 2)}`);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/networks/src/index.spec.ts b/packages/networks/src/index.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21d61958b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/networks/src/index.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2020 @polkadot/networks authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import filtered from './';
+
+describe('filtered', (): void => {
+  it('has the correct starting order', (): void => {
+    expect(filtered.slice(0, 3).map(({ prefix }) => prefix)).toEqual([0, 2, 42]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/networks/src/index.ts b/packages/networks/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37e70c355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/networks/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,386 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2020 @polkadot/networks authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { Network, NetworkFromSubstrate } from './types';
+
+// These are known prefixes that are not sorted
+const UNSORTED = [0, 2, 42];
+
+const all: NetworkFromSubstrate[] = [
+  {
+    decimals: [10],
+    displayName: 'Polkadot Relay Chain',
+    genesisHash: '0x91b171bb158e2d3848fa23a9f1c25182fb8e20313b2c1eb49219da7a70ce90c3',
+    icon: 'polkadot',
+    network: 'polkadot',
+    prefix: 0,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['DOT'],
+    website: 'https://polkadot.network'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'This prefix is reserved.',
+    network: 'reserved1',
+    prefix: 1,
+    standardAccount: null,
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [12],
+    displayName: 'Kusama Relay Chain',
+    genesisHash: '0xb0a8d493285c2df73290dfb7e61f870f17b41801197a149ca93654499ea3dafe',
+    icon: 'polkadot',
+    network: 'kusama',
+    prefix: 2,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['KSM'],
+    website: 'https://kusama.network'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'This prefix is reserved.',
+    network: 'reserved3',
+    prefix: 3,
+    standardAccount: null,
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'Katal Chain',
+    network: 'katalchain',
+    prefix: 4,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'Plasm Network',
+    genesisHash: '0x3e86364d4b4894021cb2a0390bcf2feb5517d5292f2de2bb9404227e908b0b8b',
+    network: 'plasm',
+    prefix: 5,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['PLM'],
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [12],
+    displayName: 'Bifrost',
+    network: 'bifrost',
+    prefix: 6,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['BNC'],
+    website: 'https://bifrost.finance/'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [18],
+    displayName: 'Edgeware',
+    genesisHash: '0x742a2ca70c2fda6cee4f8df98d64c4c670a052d9568058982dad9d5a7a135c5b',
+    network: 'edgeware',
+    prefix: 7,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['EDG'],
+    website: 'https://edgewa.re'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [18],
+    displayName: 'Acala Karura Canary',
+    network: 'karura',
+    prefix: 8,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['KAR'],
+    website: 'https://acala.network/'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [18],
+    displayName: 'Laminar Reynolds Canary',
+    network: 'reynolds',
+    prefix: 9,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['REY'],
+    website: 'http://laminar.network/'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [18],
+    displayName: 'Acala',
+    network: 'acala',
+    prefix: 10,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['ACA'],
+    website: 'https://acala.network/'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [18],
+    displayName: 'Laminar',
+    network: 'laminar',
+    prefix: 11,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['LAMI'],
+    website: 'http://laminar.network/'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'Polymath',
+    network: 'polymath',
+    prefix: 12,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'SubstraTEE',
+    network: 'substratee',
+    prefix: 13,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: null,
+    website: 'https://www.substratee.com'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [12],
+    displayName: 'Kulupu',
+    genesisHash: '0xf7a99d3cb92853d00d5275c971c132c074636256583fee53b3bbe60d7b8769ba',
+    network: 'kulupu',
+    prefix: 16,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['KLP'],
+    website: 'https://kulupu.network/'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'Dark Mainnet',
+    network: 'dark',
+    prefix: 17,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [9, 9],
+    displayName: 'Darwinia Network',
+    network: 'darwinia',
+    prefix: 18,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['RING', 'KTON'],
+    website: 'https://darwinia.network/'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [12],
+    displayName: 'GeekCash',
+    network: 'geek',
+    prefix: 19,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['GEEK'],
+    website: 'https://geekcash.org'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'Stafi',
+    genesisHash: '0x290a4149f09ea0e402c74c1c7e96ae4239588577fe78932f94f5404c68243d80',
+    network: 'stafi',
+    prefix: 20,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [6],
+    displayName: 'Dock Testnet',
+    network: 'dock-testnet',
+    prefix: 21,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['DCK'],
+    website: 'https://dock.io'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [6],
+    displayName: 'Dock Mainnet',
+    network: 'dock-mainnet',
+    prefix: 22,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['DCK'],
+    website: 'https://dock.io'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'ShiftNrg',
+    network: 'shift',
+    prefix: 23,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [18],
+    displayName: 'ZERO',
+    network: 'zero',
+    prefix: 24,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['PLAY'],
+    website: 'https://zero.io'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [18],
+    displayName: 'ZERO Alphaville',
+    network: 'zero-alphaville',
+    prefix: 25,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['PLAY'],
+    website: 'https://zero.io'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'Subsocial',
+    genesisHash: '0x0bd72c1c305172e1275278aaeb3f161e02eccb7a819e63f62d47bd53a28189f8',
+    network: 'subsocial',
+    prefix: 28,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'Phala Network',
+    network: 'phala',
+    prefix: 30,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'Robonomics Network',
+    network: 'robonomics',
+    prefix: 32,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'DataHighway',
+    network: 'datahighway',
+    prefix: 33,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [18],
+    displayName: 'Centrifuge Chain',
+    network: 'centrifuge',
+    prefix: 36,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['RAD'],
+    website: 'https://centrifuge.io/'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [18],
+    displayName: 'Nodle Chain',
+    network: 'nodle',
+    prefix: 37,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['NODL'],
+    website: 'https://nodle.io/'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [18],
+    displayName: 'MathChain mainnet',
+    network: 'mathchain',
+    prefix: 39,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['MATH'],
+    website: 'https://mathwallet.org'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: [18],
+    displayName: 'MathChain testnet',
+    network: 'mathchain-testnet',
+    prefix: 40,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: ['MATH'],
+    website: 'https://mathwallet.org'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'Substrate',
+    network: 'substrate',
+    prefix: 42,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: null,
+    website: 'https://substrate.dev/'
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'This prefix is reserved.',
+    network: 'reserved43',
+    prefix: 43,
+    standardAccount: null,
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'ChainX',
+    network: 'chainx',
+    prefix: 44,
+    standardAccount: '*25519',
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'This prefix is reserved.',
+    network: 'reserved46',
+    prefix: 46,
+    standardAccount: null,
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'This prefix is reserved.',
+    network: 'reserved47',
+    prefix: 47,
+    standardAccount: null,
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  },
+  {
+    decimals: null,
+    displayName: 'All prefixes 48 and higher are reserved and cannot be allocated.',
+    network: 'reserved48',
+    prefix: 48,
+    standardAccount: null,
+    symbols: null,
+    website: null
+  }
+];
+
+const prefixes: number[] = all
+  .filter(({ standardAccount }) => standardAccount === '*25519')
+  .map(({ prefix }) => prefix);
+
+// map, filter & sort to get a trimmed list
+//   - we only include those where we have a genesisHash (and prefix 42)
+//   - when no icon has been specified, default to substrate
+//   - sort by name, however we keep 0, 2, 42 first in the list
+const filtered: Network[] = all
+  .filter((n): n is Network => !!(n as Network).genesisHash || n.prefix === 42)
+  .map((n) => ({ ...n, icon: n.icon || 'substrate' }))
+  .sort((a, b) =>
+    UNSORTED.includes(a.prefix) && UNSORTED.includes(b.prefix)
+      ? 0
+      : UNSORTED.includes(a.prefix)
+        ? -1
+        : UNSORTED.includes(b.prefix)
+          ? 1
+          : a.displayName.localeCompare(b.displayName)
+  );
+
+export { all, prefixes };
+
+export default filtered;
diff --git a/packages/networks/src/types.ts b/packages/networks/src/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1720c7f81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/networks/src/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2020 @polkadot/keyring authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+export type Icon = 'beachball' | 'empty' | 'jdenticon' | 'polkadot' | 'substrate';
+
+export interface NetworkFromSubstrate {
+  decimals: number[] | null,
+  displayName: string;
+  network: string;
+  prefix: number;
+  genesisHash?: string | null;
+  icon?: Icon | null;
+  standardAccount: '*25519' | null;
+  symbols: string[] | null;
+  website: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface Network extends NetworkFromSubstrate {
+  genesisHash: string | null;
+  icon: Icon;
+}
+
+export interface Ss58Registry {
+  registry: NetworkFromSubstrate[];
+  specification: string;
+  schema: Record<string, string>;
+}
diff --git a/packages/util-crypto/package.json b/packages/util-crypto/package.json
index 4a65064ad..a6d1897bf 100644
--- a/packages/util-crypto/package.json
+++ b/packages/util-crypto/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/polkadot-js/common/tree/master/packages/util-crypto#readme",
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.11.2",
+    "@polkadot/networks": "3.6.0-beta.6",
     "@polkadot/util": "3.6.0-beta.6",
     "@polkadot/wasm-crypto": "^1.4.1",
     "base-x": "^3.0.8",
diff --git a/packages/util-crypto/src/address/defaults.ts b/packages/util-crypto/src/address/defaults.ts
index 831934fc2..e7d07a27f 100644
--- a/packages/util-crypto/src/address/defaults.ts
+++ b/packages/util-crypto/src/address/defaults.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2020 @polkadot/util-crypto authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import { allowedSS58 } from './ss58';
+import { prefixes } from '@polkadot/networks';
 
 const defaults = {
   allowedDecodedLengths: [1, 2, 4, 8, 32, 33],
   // publicKey has prefix + 2 checksum bytes, short only prefix + 1 checksum byte
   allowedEncodedLengths: [3, 4, 6, 10, 35, 36],
-  allowedPrefix: allowedSS58,
+  allowedPrefix: prefixes,
   prefix: 42
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/util-crypto/src/address/ss58.ts b/packages/util-crypto/src/address/ss58.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6df254614..000000000
--- a/packages/util-crypto/src/address/ss58.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2020 @polkadot/util-crypto authors & contributors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-export const allowedSS58 = [
-  // Polkadot
-  0, 1,
-  // Kusama
-  2, 3,
-  // Katal Chain
-  4,
-  // Kulupu
-  16, 17,
-  // Dothereum
-  20,
-  // Dock testnet and mainnet
-  21, 22,
-  // Substrate default
-  42, 43,
-  // Substrate BBQ (deprecated)
-  68, 69
-];
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index ad4162b1b..b5151ee73 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
     "paths": {
       "@polkadot/keyring": [ "packages/keyring/src" ],
       "@polkadot/keyring/*": [ "packages/keyring/src/*" ],
+      "@polkadot/networks": [ "packages/networks/src" ],
+      "@polkadot/networks/*": [ "packages/networks/src/*" ],
       "@polkadot/util-crypto": [ "packages/util-crypto/src" ],
       "@polkadot/util-crypto/*": [ "packages/util-crypto/src/*" ],
       "@polkadot/util": [ "packages/util/src" ],
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c6fffebf7..0ea19eb1b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1820,6 +1820,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
+"@polkadot/networks@3.6.0-beta.6, @polkadot/networks@workspace:packages/networks":
+  version: 0.0.0-use.local
+  resolution: "@polkadot/networks@workspace:packages/networks"
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime": ^7.11.2
+    "@polkadot/util": 3.6.0-beta.6
+    "@polkadot/x-fetch": ^0.3.2
+  languageName: unknown
+  linkType: soft
+
 "@polkadot/ts@npm:^0.3.49":
   version: 0.3.49
   resolution: "@polkadot/ts@npm:0.3.49"
@@ -1834,6 +1844,7 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "@polkadot/util-crypto@workspace:packages/util-crypto"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime": ^7.11.2
+    "@polkadot/networks": 3.6.0-beta.6
     "@polkadot/util": 3.6.0-beta.6
     "@polkadot/wasm-crypto": ^1.4.1
     "@types/bn.js": ^4.11.6
@@ -1878,6 +1889,17 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@polkadot/x-fetch@npm:^0.3.2":
+  version: 0.3.2
+  resolution: "@polkadot/x-fetch@npm:0.3.2"
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime": ^7.11.2
+    "@types/node-fetch": ^2.5.7
+    node-fetch: ^2.6.1
+  checksum: 51d768e41e01cad09758ab641178cc192c81af85c2d5bd9bc6c033fbf0d6e09af4889e7371ed14e64b6189f55ee5084baa8612287de699a5f3ede8bad7ee9be0
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@polkadot/x-textdecoder@npm:^0.3.2":
   version: 0.3.2
   resolution: "@polkadot/x-textdecoder@npm:0.3.2"
@@ -2106,6 +2128,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@types/node-fetch@npm:^2.5.7":
+  version: 2.5.7
+  resolution: "@types/node-fetch@npm:2.5.7"
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node": "*"
+    form-data: ^3.0.0
+  checksum: 101f6e8474407f957dfe1750d82aa0bcaa56347d09c8ba8634e6a901d07032533c0a578860691d915ff8fa230355700c41c04ae7e505840b5d6ff8cc3ece7741
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@types/node@npm:*":
   version: 14.11.5
   resolution: "@types/node@npm:14.11.5"
@@ -3783,7 +3815,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"combined-stream@npm:^1.0.6, combined-stream@npm:~1.0.6":
+"combined-stream@npm:^1.0.6, combined-stream@npm:^1.0.8, combined-stream@npm:~1.0.6":
   version: 1.0.8
   resolution: "combined-stream@npm:1.0.8"
   dependencies:
@@ -5513,6 +5545,17 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"form-data@npm:^3.0.0":
+  version: 3.0.0
+  resolution: "form-data@npm:3.0.0"
+  dependencies:
+    asynckit: ^0.4.0
+    combined-stream: ^1.0.8
+    mime-types: ^2.1.12
+  checksum: 1af88217b449eda6566a0d95185f2baa403ed2a0e3b11547069f6062be66cbac7c8d7a25f0fc59560702e96526e659b5b9e5a8c6fefe00f06da44338191a9133
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "form-data@npm:~2.3.2":
   version: 2.3.3
   resolution: "form-data@npm:2.3.3"
@@ -8311,7 +8354,7 @@ fsevents@^1.2.7:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"node-fetch@npm:^2.6.0":
+"node-fetch@npm:^2.6.0, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.1":
   version: 2.6.1
   resolution: "node-fetch@npm:2.6.1"
   checksum: cbb171635e538162b977eac5dfe7a1e07a9a02e991924377a6435502291e2f823d306b95aabc455caebf4a118ccf836868462bc70ccc3095af02bb9da61fda37