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Closed chirag-bgh closed 1 year ago

chirag-bgh commented 2 years ago

Chirag Baghasingh:

Chapter -3 Grokking Bitcoin

Question: What if there's a typo in the encoded token address itself? Can Base58Check ensures that this isn't done? Answer: If there's a typo in the encoded token address then the sent money to this address would burn. Base58 encoding only makes the PKH smaller in size.