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− | // Why base-58 instead of standard base-64 encoding? | + | https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/keys/base58/ |
− | // - Don't want 0OIl characters that look the same in some fonts and | + | // Why base-58 instead of standard base-64 encoding? |
− | // could be used to create visually identical looking account numbers. | + | // - Don't want 0OIl characters that look the same in some fonts and |
− | // - A string with non-alphanumeric characters is not as easily accepted as an account number. | + | // could be used to create visually identical looking account numbers. |
− | // - E-mail usually won't line-break if there's no punctuation to break at. | + | // - A string with non-alphanumeric characters is not as easily accepted as an account number. |
− | // - Doubleclicking selects the whole number as one word if it's all alphanumeric. | + | // - E-mail usually won't line-break if there's no punctuation to break at. |
+ | // - [[Doubleclicking]] selects the whole number as one word if it's all alphanumeric. | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:48, 8 May 2024
https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/keys/base58/ // Why base-58 instead of standard base-64 encoding? // - Don't want 0OIl characters that look the same in some fonts and // could be used to create visually identical looking account numbers. // - A string with non-alphanumeric characters is not as easily accepted as an account number. // - E-mail usually won't line-break if there's no punctuation to break at. // - Doubleclicking selects the whole number as one word if it's all alphanumeric.
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