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# recoverAddress

```ts theme={null}
function recoverAddress(digest, signature): string
```

Returns the recovered address for the private key that was used to sign `digest` that resulted in `signature`.

## Parameters

| Parameter   | Type                                                       | Description                |
| :---------- | :--------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------- |
| `digest`    | [`BytesLike`](/sdk/content/type-aliases/BytesLike)         | The digest of the message. |
| `signature` | [`SignatureLike`](/sdk/content/type-aliases/SignatureLike) | The signature.             |

## Returns

`string`

The address.

## Source

[address/address.ts:125](https://github.com/dominant-strategies/quais.js/blob/c1c12d43f9d34c6baad2b0542bd6d0acd6fefcbf/src/address/address.ts#L125)