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common/packages/util-crypto/src/base58/decode.ts
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// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/util-crypto authors & contributors
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
import { bufferToU8a } from '@polkadot/util';
import { bs58 } from './bs58';
import { base58Validate } from './validate';
/**
* @name base58Decode
* @summary Decodes a base58 value.
* @description
* From the provided input, decode the base58 and return the result as an `Uint8Array`.
*/
export function base58Decode (value: string, ipfsCompat?: boolean): Uint8Array {
base58Validate(value, ipfsCompat);
return bufferToU8a(bs58.decode(value.substr(ipfsCompat ? 1 : 0)));
}