Addresses

• P2PKH
• P2SH
• P2WPKH

Address

class defichain.transactions.address.Address

static get_addressType(address: str) -> (<class 'defichain.networks.networks.Network'>, <class 'str'>)

Analyses the given address and returns the network and the address type

Parameters:

address – (required) address

Returns:

(Network, AddressType)

static from_address(address: str) → BaseAddress

Creates the matching address object for the given address

Parameters:

address – (requires) address

Returns:

BaseAddress - returns one of these objects: P2PKH, P2SH, P2WPKH

static from_scriptPublicKey(network: Any, scriptPublicKey: str) → BaseAddress

Creates the matching address object for the given script public key.

Important: The script public key is universal. The correct network has to be specified to get the wanted address.

Parameters:

• network – (required) Network

• scriptPublicKey – (required) script public key

Returns:

BaseAddress - returns one of these objects: P2PKH, P2SH, P2WPKH

static verify_address(address: str) → bool

Verifies if the given address is valid.

Raises exception (AddressError) if address is not valid.

Parameters:

address – (requires) address

Returns:

bool - returns True if address is valid