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Improve JavaDocs in ECKey to try and help people understand the difference between pubkeyhashes and pubkeys. The getting started guide was also updated.

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Mike Hearn 2011-03-15 13:54:58 +00:00
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src/com/google/bitcoin/core/ECKey.java
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@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ public class ECKey implements Serializable {
return pubKeyHash; return pubKeyHash;
} }
/** Gets the raw public key value. */ /**
* Gets the raw public key value. This appears in transaction scriptSigs. Note that this is <b>not</b> the same
* as the pubKeyHash/address.
*/
public byte[] getPubKey() { public byte[] getPubKey() {
return pub; return pub;
} }
@ -110,7 +113,10 @@ public class ECKey implements Serializable {
return b.toString(); return b.toString();
} }
/**
* Returns the address that corresponds to the public part of this ECKey. Note that an address is derived from
* the RIPEMD-160 hash of the public key and is not the public key itself (which is too large to be convenient).
*/
public Address toAddress(NetworkParameters params) { public Address toAddress(NetworkParameters params) {
byte[] hash160 = Utils.sha256hash160(pub); byte[] hash160 = Utils.sha256hash160(pub);
return new Address(params, hash160); return new Address(params, hash160);