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Bech32 addresses

Bech32 is a human-readable address encoding used for native SegWit outputs; Bech32m is used for Taproot and later witness versions.

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Bech32 is a human-readable address encoding used for native SegWit outputs; Bech32m is used for Taproot and later witness versions.

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What California Bitcoin maintains

  • Bech32 is a human-readable address encoding used for native SegWit outputs; Bech32m is used for Taproot and later witness versions.

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Bitcoin Developer Documentation

Bitcoin.org

Tier — · technicalBitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System

Satoshi Nakamoto

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