# validateaddress

Return information about the given bitcoin address.

This method will use `10` [Compute Units](/v1/about/billing.md).

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## **Reference:** [**Here**](https://developer.bitcoin.org/reference/rpc/validateaddress.html)

## **Parameters**

`address` - string, required

The bitcoin address to validate

## Returns

```json
{                               (json object)
  "isvalid" : true|false,       (boolean) If the address is valid or not. If not, this is the only property returned.
  "address" : "str",            (string) The bitcoin address validated
  "scriptPubKey" : "hex",       (string) The hex-encoded scriptPubKey generated by the address
  "isscript" : true|false,      (boolean) If the key is a script
  "iswitness" : true|false,     (boolean) If the address is a witness address
  "witness_version" : n,        (numeric, optional) The version number of the witness program
  "witness_program" : "hex"     (string, optional) The hex value of the witness program
}
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="mainnet" %}

```bash
curl https://mainnet.bitcoin.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
 -X POST \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{
	"jsonrpc": "1.0",
	"id": "curltest",
	"method": "validateaddress",
	"params": [
		"bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl"
	]
}'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="testnet" %}

```bash
curl https://testnet.bitcoin.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
 -X POST \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{
	"jsonrpc": "1.0",
	"id": "curltest",
	"method": "getindexinfo",
	"params": []
}'
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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