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https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/keys/base58/
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// Why base-58 instead of standard base-64 encoding?
// Why base-58 instead of standard base-64 encoding?
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// - Don't want 0OIl characters that look the same in some fonts and
// - Don't want 0OIl characters that look the same in some fonts and
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//      could be used to create visually identical looking account numbers.
//      could be used to create visually identical looking account numbers.
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// - A string with non-alphanumeric characters is not as easily accepted as an account number.
// - A string with non-alphanumeric characters is not as easily accepted as an account number.
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// - E-mail usually won't line-break if there's no punctuation to break at.
// - E-mail usually won't line-break if there's no punctuation to break at.
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// - Doubleclicking selects the whole number as one word if it's all alphanumeric.
// - [[Doubleclicking]] selects the whole number as one word if it's all alphanumeric.
 
  
  
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