diff --git a/types/cashaddrjs/cashaddrjs-tests.ts b/types/cashaddrjs/cashaddrjs-tests.ts
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+import * as cashaddr from 'cashaddrjs';
+
+let someAddress = 'bitcoincash:qpm2qsznhks23z7629mms6s4cwef74vcwvy22gdx6a';
+let prefix: string;
+let type: string;
+let hash: Uint8Array;
+({ prefix, type, hash } = cashaddr.decode(someAddress));
+someAddress = cashaddr.encode(prefix, type, hash);
+const someInvalidInput = 'abcdefghijklmn';
+try {
+    cashaddr.decode(someInvalidInput);
+} catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof cashaddr.ValidationError) {
+        // As expected.
+    } else {
+        const someMessage = 'some error message';
+        throw new cashaddr.ValidationError(someMessage);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/types/cashaddrjs/index.d.ts b/types/cashaddrjs/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for cashaddrjs 0.3
+// Project: https://github.com/bitcoincashjs/cashaddrjs#readme
+// Definitions by: Emilio Almansi <https://github.com/ealmansi>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+export as namespace cashaddr;
+
+/**
+ * Encodes a hash from a given type into a Bitcoin Cash address with the given prefix.
+ *
+ * @param prefix Network prefix. E.g.: 'bitcoincash'.
+ * @param type Type of address to generate. Either 'P2PKH' or 'P2SH'.
+ * @param hash Hash to encode represented as an array of 8-bit integers.
+ * @throws {ValidationError}
+ */
+export function encode(prefix: string, type: string, hash: Uint8Array): string;
+
+/**
+ * Decodes the given address into its constituting prefix, type and hash.
+ *
+ * @param address Address to decode. E.g.: 'bitcoincash:qpm2qsznhks23z7629mms6s4cwef74vcwvy22gdx6a'.
+ * @throws {ValidationError}
+ */
+export function decode(address: string): { prefix: string, type: string, hash: Uint8Array };
+
+/**
+ * Error thrown when encoding or decoding fail due to invalid input.
+ *
+ * @param message Error description.
+ */
+export class ValidationError extends Error { constructor(message: string); }
diff --git a/types/cashaddrjs/tsconfig.json b/types/cashaddrjs/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "cashaddrjs-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/cashaddrjs/tslint.json b/types/cashaddrjs/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }