diff --git a/lib/expmt/stealthaddress.js b/lib/expmt/stealthaddress.js
index ced895720..663516729 100644
--- a/lib/expmt/stealthaddress.js
+++ b/lib/expmt/stealthaddress.js
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ var StealthAddress = function StealthAddress(addrstr) {
     return new StealthAddress(addrstr);
   
   if (typeof addrstr === 'string') {
-    this.fromBitcoreString(addrstr)
+    this.fromString(addrstr)
   }
   else if (Buffer.isBuffer(addrstr)) {
     var buf = addrstr;
-    this.fromBitcoreBuffer(buf);
+    this.fromBuffer(buf);
   }
   else if (addrstr) {
     var obj = addrstr;
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ StealthAddress.prototype.set = function(obj) {
 };
 
 StealthAddress.prototype.fromJSON = function(json) {
-  this.fromBitcoreString(json);
+  this.fromString(json);
   return this;
 };
 
 StealthAddress.prototype.toJSON = function() {
-  return this.toBitcoreString();
+  return this.toString();
 };
 
 StealthAddress.prototype.fromStealthkey = function(stealthkey) {
@@ -48,19 +48,6 @@ StealthAddress.prototype.fromStealthkey = function(stealthkey) {
   return this;
 };
 
-StealthAddress.prototype.fromBitcoreBuffer = function(buf) {
-  if (!Buffer.isBuffer(buf) || buf.length !== 66)
-    throw new Error('stealthkey: A stealth address must have length 66');
-
-  var pPubBuf = buf.slice(0, 33);
-  var sPubBuf = buf.slice(33, 66);
-  
-  this.payloadPubkey = Pubkey().fromDER(pPubBuf);
-  this.scanPubkey = Pubkey().fromDER(sPubBuf);
-
-  return this;
-};
-
 StealthAddress.prototype.fromBuffer = function(buf) {
   var parsed = StealthAddress.parseDWBuffer(buf);
   if ((parsed.version !== StealthAddress.mainver) && (parsed.version !== StealthAddress.testver))
@@ -84,13 +71,6 @@ StealthAddress.prototype.fromString = function(str) {
   return this.fromBuffer(Base58check(str).toBuffer());
 };
 
-StealthAddress.prototype.fromBitcoreString = function(str) {
-  var buf = Base58check.decode(str);
-  this.fromBitcoreBuffer(buf);
-
-  return this;
-};
-
 StealthAddress.prototype.getSharedKeypair = function(senderKeypair) {
   var sharedSecretPoint = this.scanPubkey.point.mul(senderKeypair.privkey.bn);
   var sharedSecretPubkey = Pubkey(sharedSecretPoint);
@@ -107,13 +87,6 @@ StealthAddress.prototype.getReceivePubkey = function(senderKeypair) {
   return pubkey;
 };
 
-StealthAddress.prototype.toBitcoreBuffer = function() {
-  var pBuf = this.payloadPubkey.toDER(true);
-  var sBuf = this.scanPubkey.toDER(true);
-
-  return Buffer.concat([pBuf, sBuf]);
-};
-
 StealthAddress.prototype.toBuffer = function(networkstr) {
   if (networkstr === 'testnet')
     var version = StealthAddress.testver;
@@ -135,13 +108,6 @@ StealthAddress.prototype.toString = function(networkstr) {
   return Base58check(this.toBuffer(networkstr)).toString();
 };
 
-StealthAddress.prototype.toBitcoreString = function() {
-  var buf = this.toBitcoreBuffer();
-  var b58 = Base58check.encode(buf);
-
-  return b58;
-};
-
 StealthAddress.parseDWBuffer = function(buf) {
   var br = new BufferReader(buf);
   var parsed = {};
diff --git a/test/stealthaddress.js b/test/stealthaddress.js
index a4a59cf5e..3b8e3e88b 100644
--- a/test/stealthaddress.js
+++ b/test/stealthaddress.js
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ describe('StealthAddress', function() {
   senderKeypair.privkey.bn = BN().fromBuffer(Hash.sha256(new Buffer('test 3')));
   senderKeypair.privkey2pubkey();
 
-  var addressString = '9dDbC9FzZ74r8njQkXD6W27gtrxLiWaeFPHxeo1fynQRXPicqxVt7u95ozbwoVVMXyrzaHKN9owsteg63FgwDfrxWx82SAW';
+  var addressString = 'vJmtuUb8ysKiM1HtHQF23FGfjGAKu5sM94UyyjknqhJHNdj5CZzwtpGzeyaATQ2HvuzomNVtiwsTJSWzzCBgCTtUZbRFpzKVq9MAUr';
   var dwhex = '2a0002697763d7e9becb0c180083738c32c05b0e2fee26d6278020c06bbb04d5f66b32010362408459041e0473298af3824dbabe4d2b7f846825ed4d1c2e2c670c07cb275d0100';
+  var dwbuf = new Buffer(dwhex, 'hex');
 
   it('should make a new stealth address', function() {
     var sa = new StealthAddress();
@@ -58,18 +59,6 @@ describe('StealthAddress', function() {
 
   });
 
-  describe('#fromBitcoreBuffer', function() {
-
-    it('should give a stealthkey address with the right pubkeys', function() {
-      var sa = new StealthAddress();
-      var buf = Base58check.decode(addressString);
-      sa.fromBitcoreBuffer(buf);
-      sa.payloadPubkey.toString().should.equal(stealthkey.payloadKeypair.pubkey.toString());
-      sa.scanPubkey.toString().should.equal(stealthkey.scanKeypair.pubkey.toString());
-    });
-
-  });
-
   describe('#fromBuffer', function() {
 
     it('should parse this DW buffer', function() {
@@ -86,17 +75,6 @@ describe('StealthAddress', function() {
 
   });
 
-  describe('#fromBitcoreString', function() {
-
-    it('should give a stealthkey address with the right pubkeys', function() {
-      var sa = new StealthAddress();
-      sa.fromBitcoreString(addressString);
-      sa.payloadPubkey.toString().should.equal(stealthkey.payloadKeypair.pubkey.toString());
-      sa.scanPubkey.toString().should.equal(stealthkey.scanKeypair.pubkey.toString());
-    });
-
-  });
-
   describe('#getSharedKeypair', function() {
 
     it('should return a key', function() {
@@ -134,20 +112,11 @@ describe('StealthAddress', function() {
 
   });
 
-  describe('#toBitcoreBuffer', function() {
-    
-    it('should return this known address buffer', function() {
-      var buf = Base58check.decode(addressString);
-      StealthAddress().fromBitcoreBuffer(buf).toBitcoreBuffer().toString('hex').should.equal(buf.toString('hex'));
-    });
-
-  });
-
   describe('#toBuffer', function() {
     
     it('should return this known address buffer', function() {
       var buf = Base58check.decode(addressString);
-      StealthAddress().fromBitcoreBuffer(buf).toBuffer().toString('hex').should.equal(dwhex);
+      StealthAddress().fromBuffer(dwbuf).toBuffer().toString('hex').should.equal(dwhex);
     });
 
   });
@@ -156,15 +125,7 @@ describe('StealthAddress', function() {
     
     it('should return this known address buffer', function() {
       var buf = Base58check.decode(addressString);
-      StealthAddress().fromBitcoreBuffer(buf).toString().should.equal(Base58check(new Buffer(dwhex, 'hex')).toString());
-    });
-
-  });
-
-  describe('#toBitcoreString', function() {
-    
-    it('should return this known address string', function() {
-      StealthAddress().fromBitcoreString(addressString).toBitcoreString().should.equal(addressString);
+      StealthAddress().fromBuffer(buf).toString().should.equal(Base58check(new Buffer(dwhex, 'hex')).toString());
     });
 
   });