Rell System Library/crypto/eth_pubkey_to_address

eth_pubkey_to_address

function eth_pubkey_to_address(pubkey: byte_array): byte_array

Compute a 20-byte Ethereum address from a public key.

Accepts valid public keys of size 33, 64 or 65 bytes. Note that not all byte arrays of acceptable length constitute valid public keys.

Since

0.13.5

Parameters

pubkey

the public key (33, 64 or 65 bytes)

Throws

exception

when

  • the given byte array does not have length 33, 64 or 65

  • the given byte array is not a valid public key