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by TD-Linux 3269 days ago
Note that base58 for addresses was generally considered a mistake - there's a replacement for Bitcoin proposed here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0173.mediawi...
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Note that this proposal is from two authors who are under huge controversy right now and depending on who you listen to are likely to be removed from their current positions as Bitcoin contributors along with several others in the next few weeks. Given this it seems likely that this proposal will go nowhere.