VEP-16 Specification of Address Generation

In the Mainnet, the account address is a 21-byte length number (hereinafter referred to Original Address), where the first 20 bytes is address and the last byte represents account type.

The first 20 bytes (hereinafter referred to Address Body) come from:

• For user account, a 20-byte hash based on the public key of the account.
• For contract account, a 20-byte hash based on the address of contract creation account, the height of contract creation block, and the hash of the previous account block of contract creation transaction.

The last 1 byte (hereinafter referred to Type Flag) is:

• 0 for user account
• 1 for contract account

In practice, a 55-length string is used as Literal Address.

Convert original address to literal address:

• For user account, use vite_ + Hex string of Address Body + Hex string of the checksum of Address Body.
• For contract account, use vite_ + Hex string of Address Body + Hex string of the flipped checksum of Address Body by bit.

Convert literal address to original address:

Take characters between 6-45 of Literal Address as the 20-byte Address Body and check:

• If the hex string of checksum of Address Body matches the characters from 46 to 55 in Literal Address, set 0 to Type Flag as the address is a user address.
• If the hex string of flipped checksum of Address Body is the same as the 46th to 55th chars of Literal Address, set 1 to Type Flag as the address is a contract address.

The checksum is calculated by taking a 5-byte hash on the basis of Address Body.