diff --git a/address.go b/address.go
index 8246bd1..ff3a229 100644
--- a/address.go
+++ b/address.go
@@ -1,11 +1,76 @@
 package bitcoin
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+
+	"crypto/sha256"
+
 	"github.com/bitcoinsv/bsvd/bsvec"
 	"github.com/bitcoinsv/bsvd/chaincfg"
 	"github.com/bitcoinsv/bsvutil"
 )
 
+// A25 is a type for a 25 byte (not base58 encoded) bitcoin address.
+type A25 [25]byte
+
+// DoubleSHA256 computes a double sha256 hash of the first 21 bytes of the
+// address.  This is the one function shared with the other bitcoin RC task.
+// Returned is the full 32 byte sha256 hash.  (The bitcoin checksum will be
+// the first four bytes of the slice.)
+func (a *A25) doubleSHA256() []byte {
+	h := sha256.New()
+	h.Write(a[:21])
+	d := h.Sum([]byte{})
+	h = sha256.New()
+	h.Write(d)
+	return h.Sum(d[:0])
+}
+
+// Version returns the version byte of a A25 address
+func (a *A25) Version() byte {
+	return a[0]
+}
+
+// EmbeddedChecksum returns the 4 checksum bytes of a A25 address
+func (a *A25) EmbeddedChecksum() (c [4]byte) {
+	copy(c[:], a[21:])
+	return
+}
+
+// Tmpl and Set58 are adapted from the C solution.
+// Go has big integers but this techinique seems better.
+var tmpl = []byte("123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz")
+
+// Set58 takes a base58 encoded address and decodes it into the receiver.
+// Errors are returned if the argument is not valid base58 or if the decoded
+// value does not fit in the 25 byte address.  The address is not otherwise
+// checked for validity.
+func (a *A25) Set58(s []byte) error {
+	for _, s1 := range s {
+		c := bytes.IndexByte(tmpl, s1)
+		if c < 0 {
+			return errors.New("bad char")
+		}
+		for j := 24; j >= 0; j-- {
+			c += 58 * int(a[j])
+			a[j] = byte(c % 256)
+			c /= 256
+		}
+		if c > 0 {
+			return errors.New("too long")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ComputeChecksum returns a four byte checksum computed from the first 21
+// bytes of the address.  The embedded checksum is not updated.
+func (a *A25) ComputeChecksum() (c [4]byte) {
+	copy(c[:], a.doubleSHA256())
+	return
+} /* {{header|Go}} */
+
 // AddressFromPrivKey takes a private key string and returns a Bitcoin address
 func AddressFromPrivKey(privKey string) string {
 	pubKey := PrivateKey(privKey).PubKey()
@@ -18,3 +83,19 @@ func Address(publicKey *bsvec.PublicKey) (address *bsvutil.LegacyAddressPubKeyHa
 	address, _ = bsvutil.NewLegacyAddressPubKeyHash(publicKeyHash, &chaincfg.MainNetParams)
 	return
 }
+
+// ValidA58 validates a base58 encoded bitcoin address.  An address is valid
+// if it can be decoded into a 25 byte address, the version number is 0,
+// and the checksum validates.  Return value ok will be true for valid
+// addresses.  If ok is false, the address is invalid and the error value
+// may indicate why.
+func ValidA58(a58 []byte) (ok bool, err error) {
+	var a A25
+	if err := a.Set58(a58); err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	if a.Version() != 0 {
+		return false, errors.New("not version 0")
+	}
+	return a.EmbeddedChecksum() == a.ComputeChecksum(), nil
+}
diff --git a/address_test.go b/address_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08198bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/address_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package bitcoin
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// Test address
+const address = "1KCEAmVS6FFggtc7W9as7sEENvjt7DqMi2"
+
+func TestValidA58(t *testing.T) {
+
+	valid, err := ValidA58([]byte(address))
+
+	if !valid {
+		t.Error("Failed to validate address", err)
+	}
+}