From f492021195206c2e3232f3ead60d69249ca01653 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SomberNight <somber.night@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 21:21:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: openalias resolution unnecessarily blocks gui for some
 payto

---
 gui/qt/main_window.py | 1 +
 gui/qt/paytoedit.py   | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gui/qt/main_window.py b/gui/qt/main_window.py
index 2504c5887..b4a88f072 100644
--- a/gui/qt/main_window.py
+++ b/gui/qt/main_window.py
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ class ElectrumWindow(QMainWindow, MessageBoxMixin, PrintError):
             self.need_update.clear()
             self.update_wallet()
         # resolve aliases
+        # FIXME this is a blocking network call that has a timeout of 5 sec
         self.payto_e.resolve()
         # update fee
         if self.require_fee_update:
diff --git a/gui/qt/paytoedit.py b/gui/qt/paytoedit.py
index 83881e799..d13d80390 100644
--- a/gui/qt/paytoedit.py
+++ b/gui/qt/paytoedit.py
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ class PayToEdit(ScanQRTextEdit):
         self.previous_payto = key
         if not (('.' in key) and (not '<' in key) and (not ' ' in key)):
             return
+        parts = key.split(sep=',')  # assuming single line
+        if parts and len(parts) > 0 and bitcoin.is_address(parts[0]):
+            return
         try:
             data = self.win.contacts.resolve(key)
         except: