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Example of converting a raw public key to a btcutil.Address.
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package main | |
import ( | |
"fmt" | |
"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg" | |
"github.com/btcsuite/btcutil" | |
) | |
func main() { | |
// This comes from | |
serializedPubKey := []byte{ | |
0x04, 0x11, 0xdb, 0x93, 0xe1, 0xdc, 0xdb, 0x8a, | |
0x01, 0x6b, 0x49, 0x84, 0x0f, 0x8c, 0x53, 0xbc, 0x1e, | |
0xb6, 0x8a, 0x38, 0x2e, 0x97, 0xb1, 0x48, 0x2e, 0xca, | |
0xd7, 0xb1, 0x48, 0xa6, 0x90, 0x9a, 0x5c, 0xb2, 0xe0, | |
0xea, 0xdd, 0xfb, 0x84, 0xcc, 0xf9, 0x74, 0x44, 0x64, | |
0xf8, 0x2e, 0x16, 0x0b, 0xfa, 0x9b, 0x8b, 0x64, 0xf9, | |
0xd4, 0xc0, 0x3f, 0x99, 0x9b, 0x86, 0x43, 0xf6, 0x56, | |
0xb4, 0x12, 0xa3, | |
} | |
// Create a new btcutil.Address from the raw public key for the main | |
// Bitcoin network. | |
mainNetAddr, err := btcutil.NewAddressPubKey(serializedPubKey, &chaincfg.MainNetParams) | |
if err != nil { | |
fmt.Println(err) | |
return | |
} | |
// Print address details about the original public key. | |
fmt.Println("Original Pubkey:") | |
fmt.Println("Bitcoin Address:", mainNetAddr.EncodeAddress()) | |
fmt.Println("Hex:", mainNetAddr.String()) | |
fmt.Printf("What goes in the transaction script: %x\n", mainNetAddr.ScriptAddress()) | |
// Set the format to compressed so the uncompressed public key is conveted | |
// to a compressed public key and print details about it. | |
fmt.Println("\nCompressed Form:") | |
mainNetAddr.SetFormat(btcutil.PKFCompressed) | |
fmt.Println("Bitcoin Address:", mainNetAddr.EncodeAddress()) | |
fmt.Println("Hex:", mainNetAddr.String()) | |
fmt.Printf("What goes in the transaction script: %x\n", mainNetAddr.ScriptAddress()) | |
} |
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