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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  // - 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.
 
  // - 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.
  // - Doubleclicking selects the whole number as one word if it's all alphanumeric.
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  // - [[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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