Re:Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree
by gruez on Thursday August 31, 2017 @09:23AM
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>Poor error detection? No error correction?
It's implemented at a higher level. For bitcoin, a 32 bit check field is appended to the data to serve as a checksum. If you want parity, I'd imagine that could be done as well.
>Confused characters in alphabet? Case sensitivity?
Some look alike letters are excluded, hence why base58 rather than base62.
It's implemented at a higher level. For bitcoin, a 32 bit check field is appended to the data to serve as a checksum. If you want parity, I'd imagine that could be done as well.
>Confused characters in alphabet? Case sensitivity?
Some look alike letters are excluded, hence why base58 rather than base62.