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Node.js Keccak-256
Ethereum uses Keccak-256, not the NIST-standardized SHA3 variant exposed by Node's crypto.createHash('sha3-256').
When to Use
- Computing Ethereum function selectors or event topics
- Building EIP-712, signature, Merkle, or storage-slot helpers in JS/TS
- Reviewing any code that hashes Ethereum data with Node crypto directly
How It Works
The two algorithms produce different outputs for the same input, and Node will not warn you.
javascript
import crypto from 'crypto';
import { keccak256, toUtf8Bytes } from 'ethers';
const data = 'hello';
const nistSha3 = crypto.createHash('sha3-256').update(data).digest('hex');
const keccak = keccak256(toUtf8Bytes(data)).slice(2);
console.log(nistSha3 === keccak); // falseExamples
ethers v6
typescript
import { keccak256, toUtf8Bytes, solidityPackedKeccak256, id } from 'ethers';
const hash = keccak256(new Uint8Array([0x01, 0x02]));
const hash2 = keccak256(toUtf8Bytes('hello'));
const topic = id('Transfer(address,address,uint256)');
const packed = solidityPackedKeccak256(
['address', 'uint256'],
['0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b8D4C9B569890FaC1c', 100n],
);viem
typescript
import { keccak256, toBytes } from 'viem';
const hash = keccak256(toBytes('hello'));web3.js
javascript
const hash = web3.utils.keccak256('hello');
const packed = web3.utils.soliditySha3(
{ type: 'address', value: '0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b8D4C9B569890FaC1c' },
{ type: 'uint256', value: '100' },
);Common patterns
typescript
import { id, keccak256, AbiCoder } from 'ethers';
const selector = id('transfer(address,uint256)').slice(0, 10);
const typeHash = keccak256(toUtf8Bytes('Transfer(address from,address to,uint256 value)'));
function getMappingSlot(key: string, mappingSlot: number): string {
return keccak256(
AbiCoder.defaultAbiCoder().encode(['address', 'uint256'], [key, mappingSlot]),
);
}Address from public key
typescript
import { keccak256 } from 'ethers';
function pubkeyToAddress(pubkeyBytes: Uint8Array): string {
const hash = keccak256(pubkeyBytes.slice(1));
return '0x' + hash.slice(-40);
}Audit your codebase
bash
grep -rn "createHash.*sha3" --include="*.ts" --include="*.js" --exclude-dir=node_modules .
grep -rn "keccak256" --include="*.ts" --include="*.js" . | grep -v node_modulesRule
For Ethereum contexts, never use crypto.createHash('sha3-256'). Use Keccak-aware helpers from ethers, viem, web3, or another explicit Keccak implementation.
