validateaddress "address"
Return information about the given bitcoin address.
Arguments:
1. address (string, required) The bitcoin address to validate
Result:
{
"isvalid" : true|false, (boolean) If the address is valid or not. If not, this is the only property returned.
"isvalid_parent" : true|false (boolean) If the address is valid or not for parent chain. Valid or not, no additional details will be appended unlike `isvalid`.
"address" : "address", (string) The bitcoin address validated
"scriptPubKey" : "hex", (string) The hex-encoded scriptPubKey generated by the address
"isscript" : true|false, (boolean) If the key is a script
"iswitness" : true|false, (boolean) If the address is a witness address
"witness_version" : version (numeric, optional) The version number of the witness program
"witness_program" : "hex" (string, optional) The hex value of the witness program
"confidential_key" : "hex", (string) The hex value of the raw blinding public key for that address, if any. "" if none.
"unconfidential" : "address", (string) The address without confidentiality key.
"parent_address_info": (obj) If the address isvalid_parent, this object contains details about the parent address type.
{
"address" : "address",
"scriptPubKey" : "hex",
...
}
}
Examples:
> elements-cli validateaddress "1PSSGeFHDnKNxiEyFrD1wcEaHr9hrQDDWc"
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "validateaddress", "params": ["1PSSGeFHDnKNxiEyFrD1wcEaHr9hrQDDWc"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:7041/
