From 11529c6e4f7288d8a64c488a726ee3821c7adefe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pieter Wuille Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:46:28 +0100 Subject: Compressed pubkeys This patch enabled compressed pubkeys when -compressedpubkeys is passed. These are 33 bytes instead of 65, and require only marginally more CPU power when verifying. Compressed pubkeys have a different corresponding address, so it is determined at generation. When -compressedpubkeys is given, all newly generated addresses will use a compressed key, while older/other addresses keep using normal keys. Unpatched clients will relay and verify these transactions. --- src/bitcoinrpc.cpp | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'src/bitcoinrpc.cpp') diff --git a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp index 09be73af3..ce2984019 100644 --- a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp +++ b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp @@ -1701,6 +1701,9 @@ Value validateaddress(const Array& params, bool fHelp) ret.push_back(Pair("pubkey", HexStr(vchPubKey))); std::string strPubKey(vchPubKey.begin(), vchPubKey.end()); ret.push_back(Pair("pubkey58", EncodeBase58(vchPubKey))); + CKey key; + key.SetPubKey(vchPubKey); + ret.push_back(Pair("iscompressed", key.IsCompressed())); } else if (pwalletMain->HaveCScript(address.GetHash160())) { -- cgit v1.2.3