List of address prefixes: Revision history

7 January 2024

• curprev 21:1321:13, 7 January 2024 Wargo talk contribs 6,152 bytes +21 Updated links

28 October 2021

• curprev 21:3521:35, 28 October 2021 Pseudo geek talk contribs 6,131 bytes +951 Add electrum-defined and deprecated WIF version numbers; mark "WIF" text as link

14 June 2018

• curprev 20:4420:44, 14 June 2018 Jbaczuk talk contribs 5,180 bytes −1 change tbc1 to tb1

9 June 2018

• curprev 22:1422:14, 9 June 2018 Styil talk contribs 5,181 bytes +210 Added Bech32 info

23 March 2017

• curprev 08:3108:31, 23 March 2017 Awoland talk contribs m 4,971 bytes +85 Added reference to "CRegTestParams"
• curprev 08:2808:28, 23 March 2017 Awoland talk contribs m 4,886 bytes −2 Reference [1] and [2] corrected to actual version BitcoinCore Source Code,

17 August 2015

• curprev 16:0316:03, 17 August 2015 Harding talk contribs m 4,888 bytes +32 Added Bitcoin Core documentation navbox

9 March 2015

• curprev 04:1904:19, 9 March 2015 TheRealSteve talk contribs 4,856 bytes +1,142 adjusted prefix listing as per https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=970670.0

7 July 2014

• curprev 20:4820:48, 7 July 2014 Luke-jr talk contribs 3,714 bytes −110 Undo revision 48668 by Gidgreen (talk)
• curprev 12:3012:30, 7 July 2014 Gidgreen talk contribs 3,824 bytes +110 Added CoinSpark keys (please see the note I left in discussion)

18 June 2014

• curprev 15:4715:47, 18 June 2014 Gabegattis talk contribs 3,714 bytes +591 re-added testnet scripthash and compressed versions for keys

8 June 2014

• curprev 04:0504:05, 8 June 2014 Nanotube talk contribs 3,123 bytes −371 cut out altcoin stuff as per policy.

7 April 2014

• curprev 14:2314:23, 7 April 2014 Jesstelford talk contribs 3,494 bytes +212 Add Dogecoin Live-net pub/script/private prefixes

24 January 2014

• curprev 21:2521:25, 24 January 2014 MidnightLightning talk contribs m 3,282 bytes +9 No edit summary

25 December 2013

• curprev 23:0923:09, 25 December 2013 Lux talk contribs m 3,273 bytes −1,470 removed "dead" altcoin prefixes, added private key example for testnet

24 December 2013

• curprev 16:1116:11, 24 December 2013 NatiLitecoin talk contribs 4,743 bytes +75 No edit summary

15 December 2013

• curprev 14:4814:48, 15 December 2013 Biteasy talk contribs 4,668 bytes +44 No edit summary

6 August 2013

• curprev 18:0818:08, 6 August 2013 Salfter talk contribs 4,624 bytes +75 No edit summary

30 June 2013

• curprev 09:1809:18, 30 June 2013 CodeShark talk contribs 4,549 bytes +252 No edit summary

8 May 2013

• curprev 12:5412:54, 8 May 2013 Nestor talk contribs m 4,297 bytes +77 No edit summary

8 January 2013

• curprev 03:2303:23, 8 January 2013 PC talk contribs 4,220 bytes +18 Consistently use "pubkey", and "for (un)compressed pubkey" for testnet just like on mainnet

12 December 2012

• curprev 16:0816:08, 12 December 2012 Nubarius talk contribs 4,202 bytes +41 Added interwiki link to Spanish translation of the article

10 December 2012

• curprev 21:2721:27, 10 December 2012 PC talk contribs 4,161 bytes +34 Clarifying that it's not the private key that's compressed, but the corresponding public key
• curprev 00:2400:24, 10 December 2012 Casascius talk contribs 4,127 bytes −1 No edit summary
• curprev 00:2400:24, 10 December 2012 Casascius talk contribs 4,128 bytes −1 No edit summary
• curprev 00:2400:24, 10 December 2012 Casascius talk contribs 4,129 bytes +141 No edit summary

10 October 2012

• curprev 14:1514:15, 10 October 2012 Dooglus talk contribs 3,988 bytes +242 prefixes for uncompressed and compressed private keys differ
• curprev 13:0213:02, 10 October 2012 Dooglus talk contribs 3,746 bytes +61 give example testnet privkey, and correct the starting character

28 June 2012

• curprev 17:1817:18, 28 June 2012 Luke-jr talk contribs m 3,685 bytes +8 No edit summary
• curprev 17:1817:18, 28 June 2012 Luke-jr talk contribs 3,677 bytes +35 Meh, better than nothing

28 April 2012

• curprev 18:3618:36, 28 April 2012 Graingert talk contribs 3,642 bytes −8 No edit summary
• curprev 18:3418:34, 28 April 2012 Graingert talk contribs 3,650 bytes +8 No edit summary

29 February 2012

• curprev 19:3619:36, 29 February 2012 Dooglus talk contribs 3,642 bytes +34 add testnet private key format

23 February 2012

• curprev 05:4605:46, 23 February 2012 Dooglus talk contribs 3,608 bytes +1 use a valid example geist geld address. gK5Lx6ypWgr69Gw9yGzE6dsA7kcuCRZRK is too short to be valid, even though it's geist geld's creator's donation address...

21 February 2012

• curprev 04:3404:34, 21 February 2012 Luke-jr talk contribs 3,607 bytes −53 No edit summary

20 February 2012

• curprev 07:0607:06, 20 February 2012 Dooglus talk contribs 3,660 bytes +99 show example addresses in fixed width font. notice GEG address is too short...
• curprev 06:4906:49, 20 February 2012 Dooglus talk contribs 3,561 bytes +138 add more example addresses, found randomly on the forums. the private key was generated randomly using bitaddress.org
• curprev 05:4605:46, 20 February 2012 Dooglus talk contribs 3,423 bytes +67 i0coin uses version 105. https://github.com/doublec/i0coin/blob/master/src/base58.h "SetData(fTestNet ? 112 : 105, &hash160, 20);"
• curprev 05:4105:41, 20 February 2012 Dooglus talk contribs 3,356 bytes +34 Fairbrix addresses use version 95: https://github.com/coblee/Fairbrix/blob/cpumine/src/base58.h : "#define ADDRESSVERSION ((unsigned char)(fTestNet ? 95 : 95))"
• curprev 02:5302:53, 20 February 2012 Dooglus talk contribs 3,322 bytes +2 solidcoin uses version 125. see http://downloads.solidcoin.info/solidcoin-source-2041.zip , src/base58.h: "nVersion = 125;"
• curprev 02:4902:49, 20 February 2012 Dooglus talk contribs 3,320 bytes +2 ixcoin uses version 138. https://github.com/ixcoin/ixcoin/blob/master/src/base58.h : "#define ADDRESSVERSION ((unsigned char)(fTestNet ? 111 : 138)) //ixcoin"
• curprev 02:4602:46, 20 February 2012 Dooglus talk contribs 3,318 bytes +1 geistgeld uses version 97 - see https://github.com/Lolcust/GeistGeld/blob/multimergemine2/geist.conf : "AddressVerson=97". verson, wtf?
• curprev 02:3002:30, 20 February 2012 Dooglus talk contribs 3,317 bytes +2 Tenebrix addresses start with 't': https://github.com/Lolcust/Tenebrix/blob/cpumine/src/base58.h - "#define ADDRESSVERSION ((unsigned char)(fTestNet ? 127 : 127))"
• curprev 01:5501:55, 20 February 2012 Dooglus talk contribs 3,315 bytes +1 litecoin uses 48 - see https://github.com/coblee/litecoin/blob/master/src/base58.h : "SetData(fTestNet ? 111 : 48, &hash160, 20); // Litecoin addresses start with L"
• curprev 01:5401:54, 20 February 2012 Dooglus talk contribs 3,314 bytes +2,293 add a table showing address length and prefix for each version byte

19 February 2012

• curprev 10:3710:37, 19 February 2012 Holy-Fire talk contribs m 1,021 bytes 0 sort, typo
• curprev 06:3106:31, 19 February 2012 Holy-Fire talk contribs 1,021 bytes +1,021 Create List of address prefixes. Note: Incomplete, and there may be inaccuracies.