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Extract the payment address of an encrypted public key (BIP38).

$ bx ek-public-to-address --help

Usage: bx ek-public-to-address [-h] [--config VALUE] PASSPHRASE          
[EK_PUBLIC_KEY]                                                          

Info: Extract the payment address of an encrypted public key (BIP38).    

Options (named):

-c [--config]        The path to the configuration settings file.        
-h [--help]          Get a description and instructions for this command.

Arguments (positional):

PASSPHRASE           The passphrase that was used to generate the        
                     intermediate passphrase token.                      
EK_PUBLIC_KEY        The encrypted public key from which to extract the  
                     payment address. If not specified the key is read   
                     from STDIN.    

WARNING: despite the term "confirmation code" the encrypted public key should never be used for confirmation. It is included as a command for completeness only. Instead confirm the encrypted private key using ek-to-ec or ek-to-address. For more information see BIP38 Security Considerations.

See also ek-public-to-ec.

Example 1

lot/sequence

$ bx ek-public-to-address "my passphrase" cfrm38VXASNzNjsak8pLc3ZtyPnBNDxAAbB18KMMCSjf8ZhW3FVTeuw2r9J3tyAUNyhfM7VMZuP

1LoMVBxYZuzZZfTckU3JRccwFCMJYP3WRg

Example 2

$ bx ek-public-to-address "my passphrase" cfrm38VUVm4ZGXku7wWGiLfAJNoeDHConFb9CugfTnR1SQC1jf3uwyKULmCMk4SUhsXasMyPcA9

1DeDt7odeJqJvquJ6obEZfH1hfJHMvnURa

Example 3

piped commands

$ echo [user entropy] | bx ek-public passphraseryQXuRZZQ3Jw5rAT7m6MzxkGSSRmysq3Ayj9vuEHEnbVPJSmRQ2xYFKDKjGYrq | bx ek-public-to-address "my passphrase"

7113f4c2e8f67b61225c9a619cd984b63f28df434bf18217
cfrm38VURwDvZXxV2AfWnHe6GwDxSG4FkrK4en7VdaxLPMxMnU8BaLneNVAwf19TAkbmAptNNaH
1DS3aqzg5w8bMsyzyutxcrhKoLZGjPnC13

Example 4

incorrect passphrase

$ bx ek-public-to-address "i forgot" cfrm38VURwDvZXxV2AfWnHe6GwDxSG4FkrK4en7VdaxLPMxMnU8BaLneNVAwf19TAkbmAptNNaH

The passphrase is incorrect.

Example 5

uncompressed

$ bx ek-public-to-address "my passphrase" cfrm38V5FtqpFoBNE9wpKjp5Fe97tM7YX6brNPCjpb9uLiqENKfeHHUKLd2VrvQhuHVUwgNVaSt

1MydksvfdWNXM1KnVTS8A78M4b78aJcL1W

Example 6

version 111 (testnet)

$ bx ek-public-to-address "my passphrase" cfrm2zc7BCp4KwhEE6HzSSxVhUyj2ky8bzvSLEqmAPcakQXb49uFQ87UEg8EhbuwA33t8db2fYW

mtABBAtcTLGZhxNupNZcPaVLZetzHVWgAp

Example 7

version 111 (testnet), uncompressed

$ bx ek-public-to-address "my passphrase" cfrm2zbi4iuQJ7cY69uJZsxhYLk4wLY7UWQiZ1wH5b3pEnzczSH3GHY3hAyV5AiWmU7mpk2Bqqc

n2Vb3w1eSXon87oQD2QVz2LfvahqVhBXKV