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This is not the purpose of base58. The main use case for base58 is to avoid human error in similar looking characters ("l" vs I" or "0" vs "O"). As an example,
by xerxesaa 6y ago
This is not the purpose of base58. The main use case for base58 is to avoid human error in similar looking characters ("l" vs I" or "0" vs "O").
As an example, this is used in Bitcoin addresses to ensure you don't accidentally type the wrong characters if copying an address by hand.
- mleonhard 6y agoYet it leaves in several easily confused character pairs: 5S, and 8B.