validateaddress "address"
Return information about the given bitcoin address.
Arguments:
1. address (string, required) The bitcoin address to validate
Result:
{ (json object)
"isvalid" : true|false, (boolean) If the address is valid or not
"isvalid_parent" : true|false, (boolean) If the address is valid or not for parent chain
"address" : "str", (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" : n, (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 raw blinding public key for that address, if any. "" if none
"unconfidential" : "str", (string) The address without confidentiality key
"parent_address_info" : { (json object) If the address isvalid_parent, this object contains details about the parent address type
"address" : "str", (string)
"scriptPubKey" : "hex" (string)
},
"error" : "str", (string, optional) Error message, if any
"error_parent" : "str" (string, optional) Error message, if any
}
Examples:
> elements-cli validateaddress "bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl"
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "validateaddress", "params": ["bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl"]}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:7041/
