From c13e05770150c5210783c3d42d3d2b1a683f18b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SomberNight <somber.night@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 03:18:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix #4080

---
 lib/wallet.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/wallet.py b/lib/wallet.py
index 74992cd0b..0d87d715b 100644
--- a/lib/wallet.py
+++ b/lib/wallet.py
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ class Abstract_Wallet(PrintError):
         self.load_transactions()
         self.build_spent_outpoints()
 
+        self.test_addresses_sanity()
+
         # load requests
         self.receive_requests = self.storage.get('payment_requests', {})
 
@@ -329,6 +331,12 @@ class Abstract_Wallet(PrintError):
         self.receiving_addresses = d.get('receiving', [])
         self.change_addresses = d.get('change', [])
 
+    def test_addresses_sanity(self):
+        addrs = self.get_receiving_addresses()
+        if len(addrs) > 0:
+            if not bitcoin.is_address(addrs[0]):
+                raise Exception('The addresses in this wallet are not bitcoin addresses.')
+
     def synchronize(self):
         pass