Golang: convert algorand address to public key

$ go get -u github.com/algorand/go-algorand-sdk/... 

 import ( "crypto/ed25519" "crypto/sha512" "encoding/base64" algocrypto "github.com/algorand/go-algorand-sdk/crypto" "github.com/algorand/go-algorand-sdk/types" ) func algoAddrToPublicKey(address string) (ed25519.PublicKey, error) { addr, err := types.DecodeAddress(address) if err != nil { return nil, err } bytes := [sha512.Size256]byte(addr) return ed25519.PublicKey(bytes[:]), nil } func main() { addr := "<wallet address, 58 characters>" pubKey, _ := algoAddrToPublicKey(addr) msg := "message to sign" // if raw sigature is base64 encoded, we need to decode it sig, _ := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(rawSig) valid := algocrypto.VerifyBytes(pubKey, []byte(msg), sig) }