static UInt256 fromAddress(final Address address) {
    return UInt256.fromBytes(Bytes32.leftPad(address));
  }
Creates a new word containing the provided address.

@param address The address to convert to a word.
@return A VM word containing {@code address} (left-padded as according to the VM specification
    (Appendix H. of the Yellow paper)).
evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/internal/Words.java