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| ==Base 58 Encoding==
| | #REDIRECT [[Base58Check encoding]] |
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| Base 58 encoding is used for encoding addresses.
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| Address = Base58Encode(RIPEMD160(SHA-256(public key))
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| The public key is expressed as an encoded point.
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |-
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| !Code
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| !Character
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| !Code
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| !Character
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| !Code
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| |Character
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| !Code
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| !Character
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| |0
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| |A
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| |B
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| |C
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| |N
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| |i
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| |}
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| The algorithm for encoding is
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| code_string = "123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz"
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| x = convert_bytes_to_big_integer(hash_result)
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| output_string = ""
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| while(x > 0)
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| {
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| (x, remainder) = divide(x, 58)
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| output_string.append(output_string[remainder])
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| }
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| repeat(number_of_leading_zeros_in_hash)
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| {
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| output_string.append(output_string[0]);
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| }
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| output_string.reverse();
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| == Source ==
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| https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/base58.h
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