Module bitcoin::address

Bitcoin addresses.

Support for ordinary base58 Bitcoin addresses and private keys.

Example: creating a new address from a randomly-generated key pair

use bitcoin::{Address, PublicKey, Network};
use bitcoin::secp256k1::{rand, Secp256k1};

// Generate random key pair.
let s = Secp256k1::new();
let public_key = PublicKey::new(s.generate_keypair(&mut rand::thread_rng()).1);

// Generate pay-to-pubkey-hash address.
let address = Address::p2pkh(&public_key, Network::Bitcoin);

Note: creating a new address requires the rand-std feature flag

bitcoin = { version = "...", features = ["rand-std"] }

Structs

• Address
  A Bitcoin address.
• AddressEncoding
  A utility struct to encode an address payload with the given parameters. This is a low-level utility struct. Consider using Address instead.
• WitnessProgram
  Witness program as defined in BIP141.

Enums

• AddressType
  The different types of addresses.
• Error
  Address error.
• NetworkChecked
  Marker that address’s network has been successfully validated. See section Parsing addresses on Address for details.
• NetworkUnchecked
  Marker that address’s network has not yet been validated. See section Parsing addresses on Address for details.
• Payload
  The method used to produce an address.
• WitnessVersion
  Version of the witness program.

Traits

• NetworkValidation
  Marker of status of address’s network validation. See section Parsing addresses on Address for details.