Difference between revisions of "Base58"
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// Why base-58 instead of standard base-64 encoding? | // Why base-58 instead of standard base-64 encoding? | ||
// - 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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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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