This means fewer code-duplication. Also added another test for fromScript to
make sure it is thoroughly tested. Also pass through opts to createMultisig so
that you can choose to lot let it be sorted if you want.
To create an address from a public key or script, you used to have to do the
hashing yourself, and find the version yourself. For example:
var hash = bitcore.util.sha256ripe160(pubkey);
var version = bitcore.networks['livenet'].addressVersion;
var addr = new Address(version, hash);
But with this interface, things are much simpler:
var addr = Address.fromPubKey(pubkey);
The new convenience methods are:
Address.fromPubKey (for regular pubkeyhash addresses)
Address.fromPubKeys (for p2sh multisig addresses)
Address.fromScript (for any p2sh address)
The addUncompressed function is for node-only, and is a temporary workaround
until we expose a better crypto interface in both node and the browser. I wrote
tests for this function that were node-only, but were broken in the browser. I
also wrote tests for the Point class that should have worked in both node and
the browser, and did, but I was using the wrong module such that it worked only
in node. This update makes the tests work in the browser by using the correct
module.
The way I was outputting the pubkeys would be incorrect if the first byte of
one of the coordinates was 0, since it would print the first non-zero byte
first. The solution was to use the standard openssl function that outputs a
public key to oct.
Ryan X. Charles
Matias Alejo Garcia
Manuel Araoz
Ruben de Vries