/// <reference types="node" />
export declare type BufferState = {
    buffer: Buffer;
    offset: number;
};
export declare type VarStrEncoding = 'utf-8' | 'ascii' | 'hex';
export interface IEncodable {
    toBuffer: () => Buffer;
    toJSON: () => Promise<object> | object;
}
export declare function toUInt32LE(number: number): Buffer;
export declare function verifuint(value: number, max: number): void;
export declare function toUInt8(number: number): Buffer;
export declare function readInt64LE(bufferstate: {
    buffer: Buffer;
    offset: number;
}): number;
export declare function toUInt64LE(value: number): Buffer;
export declare function toVarStr(str: string, encoding?: VarStrEncoding): Buffer;
export declare function toVarInt(number: number): Buffer;
export declare function sha256FromBuffer(buffer: Buffer): Buffer;
export declare function hash256FromBuffer(buffer: Buffer): Buffer;
export declare function readString(bufferstate: BufferState): Buffer;
export declare function readSlice(bufferstate: BufferState, n: number): Buffer;
export declare function readInt8(bufferstate: BufferState): number;
export declare function readUInt32LE(bufferstate: BufferState): number;
export declare function readVarInt(bufferstate: BufferState): {
    number: number;
    size: number;
};