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I think checksumming of addresses was very early there, at least it was in late 2010 when I first used bitcoin. It is quite basic thing and easy to implement. I
by jerguismi 10y ago
I think checksumming of addresses was very early there, at least it was in late 2010 when I first used bitcoin. It is quite basic thing and easy to implement. It should help people avoid losses and possible problems caused by trivial mistakes.
- DennisP 10y agoThey were hoping a name registration scheme would catch on and people would largely use that instead of using addresses directly. It hasn't happened so far, so now they've added checksums (using capitalization).
- zeven7 10y agoTo clarify, "they" here means Ethereum. Ethereum has checksums.