ethereumjs-monorepo

@ethereumjs/util

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@ethereumjs/util / publicToAddress

Variable: publicToAddress()

const publicToAddress: (pubKey, sanitize) => Uint8Array = pubToAddress

Defined in: packages/util/src/account.ts:549

Returns the ethereum address of a given public key. Accepts “Ethereum public keys” and SEC1 encoded keys.

Parameters

pubKey

Uint8Array

The two points of an uncompressed key, unless sanitize is enabled

sanitize

boolean = false

Accept public keys in other formats

Returns

Uint8Array