Addresses

An address on the Tezos blockchain is a string whose suffix is the hash of the public key of a peer.

• If that peer is a smart contract, the address starts with KT1.

• If the peer is a user account, the address starts with tz1, tz2, tz3, or tz4.

The address type represents a well-formed Tezos address. However, the type being well-formed does not automatically mean that the address is valid and identifies a real account. Beware of failures if the address is invalid.

To create an address in LIGO, cast a string to the address type, as in these examples:

const my_account: address =

"tz1KqTpEZ7Yob7QbPE4Hy4Wo8fHG8LhKxZSx" as address;