From 279ab5e62f4e4344061d54b341d8d36af874fb88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Corallo <matt@bluematt.me>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 15:32:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] setaccount should return if an invalid address is provided.
 This prevents setaccount from creating new accounts which do not have any
 addresses.

---
 rpc.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rpc.cpp b/rpc.cpp
index 1c6f228e5b..e01ea0e3b6 100644
--- a/rpc.cpp
+++ b/rpc.cpp
@@ -381,6 +381,12 @@ Value setaccount(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
             "Sets the account associated with the given address.");
 
     string strAddress = params[0].get_str();
+    uint160 hash160;
+    bool isValid = AddressToHash160(strAddress, hash160);
+    if (!isValid)
+        throw runtime_error("provided address is not valid");
+
+
     string strAccount;
     if (params.size() > 1)
         strAccount = AccountFromValue(params[1]);