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Add a new base58 crate Add a new `base58` crate to the workspace and move the `bitcoin::base58` module to it. Done as part of crate smashing, specifically so that we can make `bip32` into a separate crate.
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Bitcoin base58 encoding
=======================
This crate provides encoding and decoding of base58 strings as defined by the Bitcoin ecosystem
including the checksum.
base58: Re-name crate to base58ck The current name `base58check` is taken, as is `base58`. Use `base58ck` instead. Add a brief section to the readme about the crate naming.
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There are a bunch of crates on crates.io that implement base58 encoding and decoding. The more
obviously named ones differ from this crate because:
Add a new base58 crate Add a new `base58` crate to the workspace and move the `bitcoin::base58` module to it. Done as part of crate smashing, specifically so that we can make `bip32` into a separate crate.
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1. [bitcoin-base58](https://crates.io/crates/bitcoin-base58) is transpiled from the C++ code in
base58: Re-name crate to base58ck The current name `base58check` is taken, as is `base58`. Use `base58ck` instead. Add a brief section to the readme about the crate naming.
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Bitcoin Core as part of a large long-term transpilation project, whereas this crate is a pure
Rust implementation intended to be production-ready and to provide an Rust-idiomatic API.
Add a new base58 crate Add a new `base58` crate to the workspace and move the `bitcoin::base58` module to it. Done as part of crate smashing, specifically so that we can make `bip32` into a separate crate.
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base58: Re-name crate to base58ck The current name `base58check` is taken, as is `base58`. Use `base58ck` instead. Add a brief section to the readme about the crate naming.
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2. [base58](https://crates.io/crates/base58) implements parsing but does not validate checksums (see
`base58check`). It may be appropriate in cases where performance is more important than safety.
Appears unmaintained.
3. [base58check](https://crates.io/crates/base58check) Adds checksum to the `base58` crate and
depends on [sha2](https://crates.io/crates/sha2/0.8.2) for hashing. Appears unmaintained.
This crate uses [bitcoin_hashes](https://crates.io/crates/bitcoin_hashes) when hashing to calculate
the checksum.
Add a new base58 crate Add a new `base58` crate to the workspace and move the `bitcoin::base58` module to it. Done as part of crate smashing, specifically so that we can make `bip32` into a separate crate.
2024-02-15 03:35:29 +00:00
## Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV)
This library should always compile with any combination of features on **Rust 1.56.1**.
## Licensing
The code in this project is licensed under the [Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license](LICENSE).
We use the [SPDX license list](https://spdx.org/licenses/) and [SPDX IDs](https://spdx.dev/ids/).