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Understanding `crypto.randomBytes` and `ethers.randomBytes`: A Comparison

Tutorial October 24, 2024 

    const crypto = require('crypto');
    const randomBytes = crypto.randomBytes(32);
    console.log(randomBytes.toString('hex')); // Prints a 32-byte random hex string
  • ethers.randomBytes:
  • Library: ethers.randomBytes is provided by the ethers.js library, a popular JavaScript library for Ethereum development. You need to install and include ethers.js as a dependency in your project to use this function.
  • Usage: This function optionally takes the number of bytes you want to generate. If no argument is passed, it defaults to generating 32 bytes. It returns a Uint8Array of random bytes.
  • Example:

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