def address_to_scripthash(address: str) -> UInt160:
    """Just a helper method"""
    AddressVersion = 23  # fixed at this point
    data = b58decode(address)
    if len(data) != 25:
        raise ValueError('Not correct Address, wrong length.')
    if data[0] != AddressVersion:
        raise ValueError('Not correct Coin Version')

    checksum_data = data[:21]
    checksum = hashlib.sha256(hashlib.sha256(checksum_data).digest()).digest()[:4]
    if checksum != data[21:]:
        raise Exception('Address format error')
    return UInt160(data=data[1:21])
Just a helper method