I recently wrote a base64 encoder/decoder at work. Luckily, I did not need to make it compatible with other base64 encoders/decoders because, as the article po

I recently wrote a base64 encoder/decoder at work. Luckily, I did not need to make it compatible with other base64 encoders/decoders because, as the article points out... > Base64 has eleven encoding variations that lead to confusion among developers on which variety of Base64 to use. Each variation has its own niche (URL safe characters, filename safe characters, checksum support, etc). I see Base58 as basically just another variation of Base64 with its own niche (human friendly characters). There's no need for existing apps to "convert". If their current Base64 implementation is good enough, they'll stick with it. Base58 is just another variation to consider when developing something new.