Address (Class)

A Kaspa blockchain address.

In string form, the Kaspa addresses are represented by a bech32-encoded address string combined with a network type prefix. The bech32 string encoding is comprised of a public key, the public key version and the resulting checksum.

payload property

payload: str

The bech32 encoded payload of the address.

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
str	The payload portion of the address. TYPE: str

prefix property writable

prefix: str

The network prefix of the address. Prefix is based on the network type (mainnet, testnet, etc..)

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
str	The network prefix string. TYPE: str

Note

• Mainnet prefix is kaspa
• Testnet prefix is kaspatest
• Simnet prefix is kaspasim
• Devnet prefix is kaspadev

version property

version: str

The string representation of the address version. Versions are PubKey, PubKeyECDSA, or ScriptHash.

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
str	The address version. TYPE: str

__eq__

__eq__(other: object) -> bool

__new__

__new__(address: str) -> Address

Create a new Address from a string.

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
address	A valid Kaspa address string. TYPE: str

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
Address	A new Address instance. TYPE: Address

RAISES	DESCRIPTION
Exception	If the address string is invalid.

__str__

__str__() -> str

The string representation.

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
str	The address as a string TYPE: str

short

short(n: int) -> str

Get a shortened representation of the address.

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
n	The number of characters to show at the start and end of the payload. TYPE: int

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
str	A shortened address string in the format prefix:start....end. TYPE: str

to_string

to_string() -> str

The string representation of the Address.

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
str	A bech32 encoded Kaspa address string. TYPE: str

validate staticmethod

validate(address: str) -> bool

Check if an address string is valid.

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
address	A Kaspa address string to validate. TYPE: str

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
bool	True if the address is valid, False otherwise. TYPE: bool