Add blake2_256 function and its tests to auto-utils

packages/auto-utils/__test__/crypto.test.ts

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+import { blake2b_256, stringToUint8Array } from '../src/crypto'
+
+describe('Verify crypto functions', () => {
+  test('Check blake2b_256 return the hash of the data', async () => {
+    const message = 'Alice transfer money to Bob'
+    const data = stringToUint8Array(message)
+    const hash = blake2b_256(data)
+    expect(hash).toMatch('0x')
+  })
+
+  test('Check stringToUint8Array return the byte array of the string', async () => {
+    const message = 'Hello, world!'
+    const byteArray = stringToUint8Array(message)
+    expect(byteArray).toBeInstanceOf(Uint8Array)
+  })
+})

packages/auto-utils/src/crypto.ts

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+import { blake2AsHex } from '@polkadot/util-crypto'
+
+/**
+ * Hashes the given data using BLAKE2b-256.
+ *
+ * @param data Uint8Array - The data to be hashed.
+ * @returns string - The BLAKE2b-256 hash of the data as a hex string.
+ */
+export function blake2b_256(data: Uint8Array): string {
+  return blake2AsHex(data, 256)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string to a Uint8Array using UTF-8 encoding.
+ *
+ * This function uses the TextEncoder API to convert a plain string into its equivalent byte array
+ * representation in UTF-8 format. It is useful for scenarios where string data needs to be processed
+ * in a binary format, such as hashing or cryptographic operations.
+ *
+ * @param text The string to be converted into a byte array.
+ * @returns Uint8Array - The UTF-8 encoded byte array representation of the input string.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const text = "Hello, world!";
+ * const byteArray = stringToUint8Array(text);
+ * console.log(byteArray); // Outputs the byte array of the string
+ */
+export function stringToUint8Array(text: string): Uint8Array {
+  const encoder = new TextEncoder() // Create a new TextEncoder instance
+  return encoder.encode(text) // Encode the string to a Uint8Array using UTF-8 encoding
+}

packages/auto-utils/src/index.ts

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 export * from './api'
+export * from './crypto'
 export * from './network'
 export * from './read'
 export * from './save'