Parse scripts to extract address

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I want to parse a script with c++ to gain an output address from it. can anybody introduce a suitable library or a sample code which extract addresses from scripts ?

You can look at the code for decodescript in the Bitcoin source. That outputs addresses (if they exist), so should do what you want — Raghav Sood, Apr 29 '18 at 12:07

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 29 '18 at 17:55

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Have a look at libbtc (https://github.com/libbtc/libbtc).

There is a function btc_script_classify() which will return what script type it is (P2PK, P2PKH, P2SH, P2WPKH, P2WSH) and it will return data elements (usually the RIPEMD160 of the pubkey).

answered Apr 29 '18 at 17:55

Jonas Schnelli

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