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validateaddress
===============

``validateaddress "address"``

Return information about the given bitcoin address.

Argument #1 - address
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Type:** 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.
    "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
  }

Examples
~~~~~~~~


.. highlight:: shell

::

  bitcoin-cli validateaddress "1PSSGeFHDnKNxiEyFrD1wcEaHr9hrQDDWc"

::

  curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "validateaddress", "params": ["1PSSGeFHDnKNxiEyFrD1wcEaHr9hrQDDWc"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/