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diff --git a/vendor/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/pubkey.go b/vendor/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/pubkey.go
index f145414ec..b74917718 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/pubkey.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/pubkey.go
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ const (
pubkeyHybrid byte = 0x6 // y_bit + x coord + y coord
)
+// IsCompressedPubKey returns true the the passed serialized public key has
+// been encoded in compressed format, and false otherwise.
+func IsCompressedPubKey(pubKey []byte) bool {
+ // The public key is only compressed if it is the correct length and
+ // the format (first byte) is one of the compressed pubkey values.
+ return len(pubKey) == PubKeyBytesLenCompressed &&
+ (pubKey[0]&^byte(0x1) == pubkeyCompressed)
+}
+
// ParsePubKey parses a public key for a koblitz curve from a bytestring into a
// ecdsa.Publickey, verifying that it is valid. It supports compressed,
// uncompressed and hybrid signature formats.