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by RunSet
1269 days ago
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> IPFS now uses base58btc exclusively. That's "btc" as in Bitcoin. It is true that Base58 is named for its original implemention in bitcoin but other than the name it has nothing to do with bitcoin. The difference from Base64: It excludes non-alphanumeric characters and visually similar characters (I, l; O, 0) to make the output more human-friendly[0]. The problem it attempts to solve: Making bitcoin addresses more human-readable. That is likely also why IPFS uses it. [0] https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Base58#How_it_works.3F |
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