Base58Check encoding: Revision history

28 October 2021

• curprev 22:0322:03, 28 October 2021‎ Pseudo geek talk contribs‎ m 7,280 bytes +33‎ Add "References" subtitle
• curprev 22:0022:00, 28 October 2021‎ Pseudo geek talk contribs‎ 7,247 bytes +353‎ Add electrum-defined and deprecated WIF version numbers; distinguish between compressed and uncompressed pubkey

27 November 2017

• curprev 09:1109:11, 27 November 2017‎ Randolf talk contribs‎ m 6,894 bytes +46‎ →‎Base58 symbol chart: Added a parenthesized note that 0, O, I, and l are excluded

24 October 2016

• curprev 14:0514:05, 24 October 2016‎ JonathanCross talk contribs‎ 6,848 bytes +145‎ →‎Encoding a Bitcoin address: Simplifying the "payload" display and using fixed code font.

3 July 2015

• curprev 13:5913:59, 3 July 2015‎ Jayemar talk contribs‎ 6,703 bytes +196‎ →‎Creating a Base58Check string: Added a link to the technical background of the bitcoin address

16 September 2014

• curprev 00:0900:09, 16 September 2014‎ Luke-jr talk contribs‎ 6,507 bytes +15‎ →‎Source code
• curprev 00:0800:08, 16 September 2014‎ Luke-jr talk contribs‎ 6,492 bytes −131‎ →‎Source code: libblkmaker is now using libbase58 for base58

15 September 2014

• curprev 19:0919:09, 15 September 2014‎ Friend talk contribs‎ 6,623 bytes +188‎ Added link to Base58 Encode/Decode online tool and Perl code.

24 August 2014

• curprev 07:2607:26, 24 August 2014‎ Mmortal03 talk contribs‎ 6,435 bytes +61‎ →‎Encoding a private key

19 August 2014

• curprev 03:3003:30, 19 August 2014‎ Theymos talk contribs‎ m 6,374 bytes +2‎ Fix RIPEMD160 link

18 August 2014

• curprev 10:4510:45, 18 August 2014‎ Luke-jr talk contribs‎ 6,372 bytes −152‎ Update and corrections

17 May 2014

• curprev 21:2721:27, 17 May 2014‎ Tonikt talk contribs‎ 6,524 bytes +24‎ 0x01 as a fixed address_version_byte was misleading. and it does not need to be a hash (e.g. for base58 encoded private keys)

18 March 2013

• curprev 13:5013:50, 18 March 2013‎ CodeShark talk contribs‎ 6,500 bytes 0‎ →‎Encoding a Bitcoin address
• curprev 13:5013:50, 18 March 2013‎ CodeShark talk contribs‎ 6,500 bytes 0‎ →‎Encoding a Bitcoin address
• curprev 13:4713:47, 18 March 2013‎ CodeShark talk contribs‎ 6,500 bytes −25‎ →‎Encoding a Bitcoin address
• curprev 13:4613:46, 18 March 2013‎ CodeShark talk contribs‎ 6,525 bytes +69‎ →‎Encoding a Bitcoin address
• curprev 13:4213:42, 18 March 2013‎ CodeShark talk contribs‎ 6,456 bytes +64‎ →‎Encoding a Bitcoin address

25 January 2013

• curprev 09:3009:30, 25 January 2013‎ Cosurgi talk contribs‎ 6,392 bytes 0‎ →‎Encoding a private key

20 January 2013

• curprev 20:0520:05, 20 January 2013‎ Luke-jr talk contribs‎ 6,392 bytes −75‎ More code

12 December 2012

• curprev 15:5515:55, 12 December 2012‎ Nubarius talk contribs‎ m 6,467 bytes +34‎ Added interwiki link to Spanish translation of the article

20 November 2012

• curprev 17:1217:12, 20 November 2012‎ Jepo talk contribs‎ m 6,433 bytes +70‎ link to WP

10 September 2012

• curprev 06:5206:52, 10 September 2012‎ Codevalley talk contribs‎ 6,363 bytes 0‎ →‎Base58 symbol chart

19 February 2012

• curprev 06:3506:35, 19 February 2012‎ Holy-Fire talk contribs‎ 6,363 bytes +4‎ →‎Features of Base58Check: P2SH isn't in use yet
• curprev 06:3206:32, 19 February 2012‎ Holy-Fire talk contribs‎ 6,359 bytes +54‎ →‎Version bytes: + List of address prefixes
• curprev 01:3301:33, 19 February 2012‎ Dooglus talk contribs‎ 6,305 bytes +5‎ →‎Version bytes: base58.h says "PUBKEY_ADDRESS_TEST = 111". not 192. and my testnet address begins with an 'm', not a '2'.

31 December 2011

• curprev 01:1901:19, 31 December 2011‎ Wikiyakapoola talk contribs‎ 6,300 bytes −2‎ fixed bug in pseudo code

17 December 2011

• curprev 21:5421:54, 17 December 2011‎ Luke-jr talk contribs‎ 6,302 bytes +9‎ →‎Version bytes
• curprev 20:0720:07, 17 December 2011‎ Luke-jr talk contribs‎ 6,293 bytes +42‎ →‎Version bytes
• curprev 20:0020:00, 17 December 2011‎ Luke-jr talk contribs‎ m 6,251 bytes 0‎ →‎Version bytes

16 December 2011

• curprev 19:3619:36, 16 December 2011‎ Luke-jr talk contribs‎ 6,251 bytes −542‎ Updates with latest BIP 0013

6 December 2011

• curprev 07:4607:46, 6 December 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,793 bytes −2‎ →‎Version bytes
• curprev 07:4507:45, 6 December 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,795 bytes +115‎ also questioning 109 being
• curprev 07:4307:43, 6 December 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,680 bytes −2‎ 2 is for op_eval? what if pubhash is too low? pubhash constrained to be high enough to guarantee a prefix of 2
• curprev 07:4207:42, 6 December 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,682 bytes +249‎ 2 is for op_eval? what if pubhash is too low? pubhash constrained to be high enough to guarantee a prefix of 2?
• curprev 07:3707:37, 6 December 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,433 bytes +75‎ If the version byte really is being changed to 2, and version byte 0 is being deprecated, it would help to explain why and the distinction, rather than making it look like addresses as we now know them use 2.
• curprev 07:3407:34, 6 December 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,358 bytes 0‎ →‎Encoding a Bitcoin address: 2? I am pretty sure this is 0 for Bitcoin

5 December 2011

• curprev 07:5807:58, 5 December 2011‎ Luke-jr talk contribs‎ 6,358 bytes −75‎ various updates and corrections

1 December 2011

• curprev 20:5220:52, 1 December 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,433 bytes +5‎ No edit summary

29 November 2011

• curprev 04:1204:12, 29 November 2011‎ Theymos talk contribs‎ 6,428 bytes +343‎ Versions

16 November 2011

• curprev 16:0016:00, 16 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,085 bytes −46‎ →‎Creating a Base58Check string
• curprev 15:5915:59, 16 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,131 bytes +85‎ No edit summary

2 November 2011

• curprev 02:3502:35, 2 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,046 bytes +55‎ →‎Encoding a Bitcoin address
• curprev 02:3402:34, 2 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 5,991 bytes +189‎ No edit summary

20 September 2011

• curprev 03:4003:40, 20 September 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 5,802 bytes +52‎ more edits
• curprev 03:3303:33, 20 September 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 5,750 bytes +42‎ code -> value
• curprev 03:3203:32, 20 September 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 5,708 bytes +1,012‎ more edits
• curprev 03:2703:27, 20 September 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 4,696 bytes +121‎ more edits
• curprev 03:2303:23, 20 September 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 4,575 bytes +501‎ edits
• curprev 03:1503:15, 20 September 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 4,074 bytes +4,074‎ Moving Base 58 Encoding here and calling it Base58Check, which is what it's called in the source, and a better way to describe this bastardized form of Base 58.