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Base58Check Encoding

protocol.base58check

Bitcoin's Base58Check encoding represents versioned payloads such as legacy addresses and WIF keys with a human-friendly alphabet and checksum. The format includes network-specific version bytes, preserves leading zero bytes, and detects many transcription errors.

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Curated resources (3)

• Bitcoin Wiki: Base58Check encoding (article) Detailed explanation of the alphabet, version bytes, checksum, and leading-zero handling.
• Bitcoin Developer Guide: Base58Check Encoding (article) Canonical developer reference for addresses and WIF serialization.
• Programming Bitcoin (book) Hands-on treatment of Base58 encoding, checksums, addresses, and key serialization.

Direct prerequisites (2)

• Addresses and Outputs
• Hash Functions

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