Title: Address Validity Check Post by: xeverse on April 22, 2013, 08:26:04 PM Do bitcoin addresses have a hash sum embedded to check if it's valid or not? Or are they just completely random.. Title: Re: Address Validity Check Post by: gglon on April 22, 2013, 08:32:15 PM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1026.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1026.0)
Title: Re: Address Validity Check Post by: xeverse on April 22, 2013, 08:38:14 PM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1026.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1026.0) Thanks.How does this affect the maximum allowed address pool? Title: Re: Address Validity Check Post by: grue on April 22, 2013, 08:55:48 PM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1026.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1026.0) Thanks.How does this affect the maximum allowed address pool? Title: Re: Address Validity Check Post by: xeverse on April 22, 2013, 09:25:09 PM it doesn't. it just makes the address slightly longer. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Technical_background_of_Bitcoin_addresses That's clear. Thank you. Answered. |