From 48893a0c75f31ed16afc4d457d7abbac0743bfd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mrz1836 <mrz1818@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 14:20:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Example for wif to address

---
 examples/address_from_wif/address_from_wif.go | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 examples/address_from_wif/address_from_wif.go

diff --git a/examples/address_from_wif/address_from_wif.go b/examples/address_from_wif/address_from_wif.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89212d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/address_from_wif/address_from_wif.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/bitcoinschema/go-bitcoin"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	// Convert the wif into a private key
+	privateKey, err := bitcoin.WifToPrivateKey("5KgHn2qiftW5LQgCYFtkbrLYB1FuvisDtacax8NCvumw3UTKdcP")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error occurred: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// Get an address
+	var address string
+	if address, err = bitcoin.GetAddressFromPrivateKey(privateKey, true); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error occurred: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// Success!
+	log.Printf("found address: %s from private key: %s", address, privateKey)
+}