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Address Validity Check

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..

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⇾ Re: Address Validity Check

April 22, 2013, 08:32:15 PM

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1026.0

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Re: Address Validity Check

April 22, 2013, 08:38:14 PM

Quote from: gglon on April 22, 2013, 08:32:15 PM

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1026.0

Thanks.

How does this affect the maximum allowed address pool?

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Re: Address Validity Check

April 22, 2013, 08:55:48 PM

Quote from: Xenius on April 22, 2013, 08:38:14 PM

Quote from: gglon on April 22, 2013, 08:32:15 PM

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1026.0

Thanks.

How does this affect the maximum allowed address pool?

it doesn't. it just makes the address slightly longer. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Technical_background_of_Bitcoin_addresses

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Re: Address Validity Check

April 22, 2013, 09:25:09 PM

Quote from: grue on April 22, 2013, 08:55:48 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.

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