List of address prefixes

Blockchain-based currencies use addresses, which are a Base58Check encoding of some hash, typically that of a public key. The encoding includes a version byte, which affects the first character in the address. The following is a list of some prefixes which are in use.

Initial byte(s)	Leading symbol	Use	Example
0	1	Bitcoin pubkey hash	12CPLrAUPvhVwjZqBgww3sLdEg4Z888R1j
5	3	Bitcoin script hash	3EktnHQD7RiAE6uzMj2ZifT9YgRrkSgzQX
48	L	Litecoin pubkey hash	LhK2kQwiaAvhjWY799cZvMyYwnQAcxkarr
52	M or N	Namecoin pubkey hash	NATX6zEUNfxfvgVwz8qVnnw3hLhhYXhgQn
95	f	Fairbrix pubkey hash	fF6o8LeDAfswEpMbCW8BqaqmzMWS7TGgew
97	g	GeistGeld pubkey hash	gQ8YScyiMUTart6kUJpzhjPzAKfiYAwooc
105	j	i0coin pubkey hash	jWmCr5cKeQjV4iyfUyipfLGwVML8MvXhF2
111	m or n	Bitcoin testnet pubkey hash	mkJ7Bf5chdfw61d1m7gnDVAQV3EQQAb8iz
125	s	Solidcoin pubkey hash	sXNaMoYBocjcQJRLK53dkaQ5mWuKfvHB9f
127	t	Tenebrix pubkey hash	tUK2EQTMF6cN6vuNEfJtVf1BMqarvEZJBL
128	5	Uncompressed Bitcoin Private key	5Htn3FzuH3b1X5VF2zLTsAQzBcyzkZNJsa2egXN8ZFJTCqQm3Rq
128	K or L	Compressed Bitcoin Private key	L1aW4aubDFB7yfras2S1mN3bqg9nwySY8nkoLmJebSLD5BWv3ENZ
138	x	ixcoin pubkey hash	xoKDFH4uWpyzxUcCC5jCLFujRKayv3HHcV
196	2	Testnet script hash
239	9	Uncompressed Testnet Private key	91eWjgRmucdtYHpMdsHbn9h8UU8hdoMNSKj8p3QAj6VTLyBnjj6
239	c	Compressed Testnet Private key	cNJFgo1driFnPcBdBX8BrJrpxchBWXwXCvNH5SoSkdcF6JXXwHMm
0x142, 0x143	6P	Encrypted private key (BIP 38)	6PRVWUbkzzsbcVac2qwfssoUJAN1Xhrg6bNk8J7Nzm5H7kxEbn2Nh2ZoGg

The following table shows the leading symbol(s) and address length(s) for 160 bit hashes for each of the possible decimal version values:

Decimal version	Leading symbol	Address length
0	1	up to 34
1	Q-Z, a-k, m-o	33
2	o-z, 2	33 or 34
3	2	34
4	2 or 3	34
5-6	3	34
7	3 or 4	34
8	4	34
9	4 or 5	34
10-11	5	34
12	5 or 6	34
13	6	34
14	6 or 7	34
15-16	7	34
17	7 or 8	34
18	8	34
19	8 or 9	34
20-21	9	34
22	9 or A	34
23	A	34
24	A or B	34
25-26	B	34
27	B or C	34
28	C	34
29	C or D	34
30-31	D	34
32	D or E	34
33	E	34
34	E or F	34
35-36	F	34
37	F or G	34
38	G	34
39	G or H	34
40-41	H	34
42	H or J	34
43	J	34
44	J or K	34
45-46	K	34
47	K or L	34
48	L	34
49	L or M	34
50-51	M	34
52	M or N	34
53	N	34
54	N or P	34
55-56	P	34
57	P or Q	34
58	Q	34
59	Q or R	34
60-61	R	34
62	R or S	34
63	S	34
64	S or T	34
65-66	T	34
67	T or U	34
68	U	34
69	U or V	34
70-71	V	34
72	V or W	34
73	W	34
74	W or X	34
75-76	X	34
77	X or Y	34
78	Y	34
79	Y or Z	34
80-81	Z	34
82	Z or a	34
83	a	34
84	a or b	34
85	b	34
86	b or c	34
87-88	c	34
89	c or d	34
90	d	34
91	d or e	34
92-93	e	34
94	e or f	34
95	f	34
96	f or g	34
97-98	g	34
99	g or h	34
100	h	34
101	h or i	34
102-103	i	34
104	i or j	34
105	j	34
106	j or k	34
107-108	k	34
109	k or m	34
110	m	34
111	m or n	34
112-113	n	34
114	n or o	34
115	o	34
116	o or p	34
117-118	p	34
119	p or q	34
120	q	34
121	q or r	34
122-123	r	34
124	r or s	34
125	s	34
126	s or t	34
127-128	t	34
129	t or u	34
130	u	34
131	u or v	34
132-133	v	34
134	v or w	34
135	w	34
136	w or x	34
137-138	x	34
139	x or y	34
140	y	34
141	y or z	34
142-143	z	34
144	z or 2	34 or 35
145-255	2	35