ExtractDestination

Parse a scriptPubKey for the destination.

Synopsis

Declared in <addresstype.h>

bool
ExtractDestination(
    CScript const& scriptPubKey,
    CTxDestination& addressRet);

Description

For standard scripts that have addresses (and P2PK as an exception), a corresponding CTxDestination is assigned to addressRet. For all other scripts. addressRet is assigned as a CNoDestination containing the scriptPubKey.

Return Value

True for standard destinations with addresses ‐ P2PKH, P2SH, P2WPKH, P2WSH, P2TR and P2W??? scripts. False for non‐standard destinations and those without addresses ‐ P2PK, bare multisig, null data, and nonstandard scripts.

Parameters

Name

Description

scriptPubKey

The output script to parse.

addressRet

Receives the extracted destination.

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