export declare type BinaryLike = string | number | bigint | ArrayBufferLike | number[];
export declare const stripPrefix: (value: string) => string;
/**
 * Returns an instance of `TextEncoder` that works with both Node.js and web browsers.
 */
export declare const getTextEncoder: () => TextEncoder;
/**
 * Returns an instance of `TextDecoder` that works with both Node.js and web browsers.
 */
export declare const getTextDecoder: (encoding?: string) => TextDecoder;
/**
 * Get a buffer as UTF-8 encoded string.
 *
 * @param data The buffer to convert to UTF-8.
 * @return The buffer as UTF-8 encoded string.
 */
export declare const toUtf8: (data: Uint8Array) => string;
/**
 * Get a UTF-8 encoded string as buffer.
 *
 * @param data The string to convert to a buffer.
 * @return The buffer.
 */
export declare const fromUtf8: (data: string) => Uint8Array;
/**
 * Get a Uint8Array as hexadecimal string.
 *
 * @param data The buffer to convert to a hexadecimal string.
 * @return The buffer as hexadecimal string.
 */
export declare const toHex: (data: Uint8Array) => string;
/**
 * Get a hexadecimal string as Uint8Array.
 *
 * @param data The hexadecimal string to convert to a buffer.
 * @return The buffer.
 */
export declare const fromHex: (data: string) => Uint8Array;
/**
 * Attempt to parse a value as Uint8Array. If `data` is a number, this will pad the buffer to 32 bytes.
 *
 * @param data The value to parse as Uint8Array.
 * @return The resulting Uint8Array.
 */
export declare const toBuffer: (data: BinaryLike) => Uint8Array;
/**
 * Safe function to merge multiple Uint8Arrays into a single Uint8array. This works with buffers of any size.
 *
 * @param buffers The buffers to combine.
 * @return The combined buffers.
 */
export declare const concat: (buffers: Uint8Array[]) => Uint8Array;
/**
 * Add padding to a buffer. If the buffer is larger than `length`, this function won't do anything. If it's smaller, the
 * buffer will be padded to the specified length, with extra zeroes at the end.
 *
 * @param buffer The buffer to add padding to.
 * @param [length] The number of bytes to pad the buffer to.
 * @return The padded buffer.
 */
export declare const addPadding: (buffer: Uint8Array, length?: number) => Uint8Array;
/**
 * Get a number from a buffer. Returns zero if the buffer is empty.
 *
 * @param buffer The buffer to get a number for.
 * @return The parsed number.
 */
export declare const toNumber: (buffer: Uint8Array) => bigint;