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Adds support to check for the ethereum "null/zero address"#296

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  • Many dreams have gone to the null address to die, this provides a simple check for developers to opt in to avoiding that fate.

Many ETH address validators specifically reject the null address to avoid potentially allowing unexpected behavior, but I didn't change any defaults to how this library functions.

* Many dreams have gone to the null address to die, this provides a
  simple check for developers to opt in to avoiding that fate.
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Maybe another good name or alias would be .zero?. I figure .null? is safer since we use nil in ruby instead.

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Yes, I would prefer zero. 👍

@mattrasband mattrasband changed the title Adds support to check for the ethereum "null address" Adds support to check for the ethereum "null/zero address" Dec 7, 2024
@q9f q9f self-assigned this Dec 17, 2024
@q9f q9f added the enhancement New feature or request label Dec 17, 2024
@q9f q9f merged commit 64ddfa7 into q9f:main Dec 17, 2024
@mattrasband mattrasband deleted the eth-null-address branch December 17, 2024 13:31
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