diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 38f1312..258e33a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) and this
 project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## v1.8.0 - 2017-10-27
+
+### Added
+
+- New function to validate a public NEO address.
+
+```golang
+isValid, err := client.ValidateAddress("ARnLq3m1jsrZU7SS7jLHAvNm37GmaZbsPy")
+```
+
 ## v1.7.0 - 2017-10-27
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bd8bf88..27f9cd3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.0
+1.8.0
diff --git a/neo/client.go b/neo/client.go
index 2310118..0fba90e 100644
--- a/neo/client.go
+++ b/neo/client.go
@@ -184,3 +184,41 @@ func (c Client) Ping() bool {
 
 	return true
 }
+
+// ValidateAddress takes a public NEO address and checks if it is valid.
+func (c Client) ValidateAddress(address string) (bool, error) {
+	requestBodyParams := []interface{}{
+		address,
+	}
+	var response response.StringMap
+
+	err := executeRequest("validateaddress", requestBodyParams, c.NodeURI, &response)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := response.Result["address"]; !ok {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := response.Result["address"].(string); !ok {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := response.Result["isvalid"]; !ok {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := response.Result["isvalid"].(bool); !ok {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	returnedAddress := response.Result["address"].(string)
+	valid := response.Result["isvalid"].(bool)
+
+	if address == returnedAddress && valid {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	return false, nil
+}
diff --git a/neo/client_test.go b/neo/client_test.go
index 4218c64..eab648d 100644
--- a/neo/client_test.go
+++ b/neo/client_test.go
@@ -175,5 +175,28 @@ func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 				})
 			}
 		})
+
+		t.Run(".ValidateAddress()", func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Run("HappyCase", func(t *testing.T) {
+				client := neo.NewClient(nodeURI)
+
+				for _, testAccount := range testAccounts {
+					t.Run(testAccount.publicAddress, func(t *testing.T) {
+						isValid, err := client.ValidateAddress(testAccount.publicAddress)
+
+						assert.NoError(t, err)
+						assert.True(t, isValid)
+					})
+				}
+			})
+
+			t.Run("SadCase", func(t *testing.T) {
+				client := neo.NewClient(nodeURI)
+				isValid, err := client.ValidateAddress("wake-up-neo")
+
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.False(t, isValid)
+			})
+		})
 	})
 }
diff --git a/neo/fixtures_test.go b/neo/fixtures_test.go
index df4170d..36c4195 100644
--- a/neo/fixtures_test.go
+++ b/neo/fixtures_test.go
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ var (
 	}{
 		{
 			asset: "0xc56f33fc6ecfcd0c225c4ab356fee59390af8560be0e930faebe74a6daff7c9b",
-			hash:  "0xc515c4d2db27e06fd2305a5c5378f820d2c4cc04477ebe40ffa40b956eb4f8b5",
+			hash:  "0xd30e2fe0bc3ecb1fde65f611a7f827268535ab19d2d2647d9984f35719185945",
 			id:    "1",
 			index: 0,
-			value: "96",
+			value: "6",
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/neo/models/response/string_map.go b/neo/models/response/string_map.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1644bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/neo/models/response/string_map.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package response
+
+type (
+	// StringMap represents the JSON schema of a response from a NEO node, where the
+	// expected result is an object where the keys are strings.
+	StringMap struct {
+		ID      int                    `json:"id"`
+		JSONRPC string                 `json:"jsonrpc"`
+		Result  map[string]interface{} `json:"result"`
+	}
+)