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Bitcoin => Bitcoin Technical Support => Topic started by: datguys on December 24, 2013, 04:02:51 PM



Title: how do I encode my address to base58?
Post by: datguys on December 24, 2013, 04:02:51 PM
I would like to know how to make my address base58? thank you.


Title: Re: how do I encode my address to base58?
Post by: michagogo on December 24, 2013, 04:20:24 PM
You'll need to clarify what you mean. Addresses, such as 1NPCtBpPg3DjEgCXQHWUBLaMGhpXWczqkR, are already in base58 -- they're the base58 encoding of the ripemd160 hash of the pubkey (and a truncated hash as a checksum).