# `Cartouche.Address`
[🔗](https://github.com/zenhive/cartouche/blob/main/lib/cartouche/address.ex#L1)

Helpers for Ethereum addresses.

## API Functions
| Function | Arity | Description | Param Kinds |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `from_public_key` | 1 | Derive an Ethereum address from an uncompressed secp256k1 public key in SEC1 form. | `public_key: value` |

# `from_public_key`

```elixir
@spec from_public_key(binary()) :: <<_::160>>
```

Returns an Ethereum address from a given uncompressed secp256k1 public key in SEC1 form (`0x04 || X || Y`).

## Examples

    iex> use Cartouche.Hex
    iex> public_key = ~h[0x0422]
    iex> Cartouche.Address.from_public_key(public_key)
    ...> |> Cartouche.Hex.encode_hex()
    "0x759f1afdc24aba433a3e18b683f8c04a6eaa69f0"

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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*