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This will now be converted to Base58: 8sWmykwPRCRjGtuBczJSJTysdzuaW<br /><br /> |
This will now be converted to Base58: 8sWmykwPRCRjGtuBczJSJTysdzuaW<br /><br /> |
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This is the whole Base58Check process. It actually works with any hex of any length.<br /> |
This is the whole Base58Check process. It actually works with any hex of any length.<br /> |
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In case of Bitcoin, those hex strings are 32 bytes for private keys and 20 bytes for addresses (not public keys). Also, version bytes are 80 for private keys and 00 for addresses. Every leading 00 must be denoted with an 1 in the Base58 string. -- [[User:Stl1988|Stl1988]] ([[User talk:Stl1988|talk]]) 07:28, 11 December 2018 (UTC) |
In case of Bitcoin, those hex strings are 32 bytes for private keys and 20 bytes for addresses (not public keys). Also, version bytes are 80 for private keys and 00 for P2PKH addresses (05 for P2SH and SegWit nested in P2SH). Every leading 00 must be denoted with an 1 in the Base58 string. -- [[User:Stl1988|Stl1988]] ([[User talk:Stl1988|talk]]) 07:28, 11 December 2018 (UTC) |
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