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I'm looking in both @solana/web3.js and @project-serum/anchor and don't see any hashing utils. What should one use to pack and hash data in nodejs? I suppose I could use ethereum/web3.js, but pulling in an Ethereum dependency for this seems odd.

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  • If you're referring to serialization, generally the standard is borsh, which ironically is maintained by Near (github.com/near/borsh-js). If you're referring to hashing, I would just use the standard crypto library provided by nodejs (nodejs.org/api/crypto.html) which provides access to most hash algorithms you might use.
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    Commented Aug 16, 2022 at 22:28
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    @ElliotSolskjaer the borsh-js library is EXACTLY what I needed. Considering BorshSerialize is how data is packed in Rust, this companion nodejs library saved me. Give an official answer, and I'll approve it. Thank you!
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    Commented Aug 16, 2022 at 23:16
  • Glad I could help :). Just added an official answer
    – McBain
    Commented Aug 16, 2022 at 23:36

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If you're referring to serialization, generally the standard for Solana & Rust is Borsh, which you can use in javascript with borsh-js.

If you're referring to hashing, I would just use the crypto library provided by nodejs which provides access to most hash algorithms you might use.

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