validateaddress

Overview

The validateaddress is a Bitcoin RPC method that enables users to verify if a given Bitcoin address is valid. This method provides important information about the address, such as its type and whether it's a spendable or watch-only address. It can be particularly useful in applications where address validation is necessary before performing transactions or when dealing with user-generated addresses to ensure their validity.

Parameters

The validateaddress method accepts one required parameter:

address : The Bitcoin address to be validated.

Returns

The validateaddress method returns an object with the following fields:

Name	Description
isvalid	Indicates if the supplied address is valid.
address	The validated Bitcoin address.
scriptPubKey	The hex-encoded scriptPubKey generated by the address.
isscript	Indicates if the address is a script address (P2SH).
iswitness	Indicates if the address is a witness address (P2WPKH or P2WSH).
witness_version	The version number of the witness program, if applicable.
witness_program	The hex value of the witness program, if applicable.
isspendable	Indicates if the address is spendable (has the private key).
iswatchonly	Indicates if the address is watch-only (wallet has the public key but not the private key).
iscompressed	Indicates if the associated public key is compressed.
account	DEPRECATED. The account associated with the address, if any.

Request Example

curl --location 'https://api.tatum.io/v3/blockchain/node/bitcoin-mainnet/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: {API_KEY}' \
--data '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "validateaddress",
  "params": [
    "1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa"
  ]
}'

// yarn add @tatumio/tatum

import { TatumSDK, Bitcoin, Network } from '@tatumio/tatum'

const tatum = await TatumSDK.init<Bitcoin>({network: Network.BITCOIN})

const result = await tatum.rpc.validateAddress("1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa")

await tatum.destroy() // Destroy Tatum SDK - needed for stopping background jobs