import { getAddressEncoder } from '@solana/addresses';
const address = 'B9Lf9z5BfNPT4d5KMeaBFx8x1G4CULZYR1jA2kmxRDka' as Address;
const addressEncoder = getAddressEncoder();
const addressBytes = addressEncoder.encode(address);
// Uint8Array(32) [
// 150, 183, 190, 48, 171, 8, 39, 156,
// 122, 213, 172, 108, 193, 95, 26, 158,
// 149, 243, 115, 254, 20, 200, 36, 30,
// 248, 179, 178, 232, 220, 89, 53, 127
// ]
Returns an encoder that you can use to encode a base58-encoded address to a byte array.