base58.h File Reference

#include <attributes.h>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

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Functions
std::string	EncodeBase58 (const unsigned char *pbegin, const unsigned char *pend)
std::string	EncodeBase58 (const std::vector< unsigned char > &vch)
NODISCARD bool	DecodeBase58 (const char *psz, std::vector< unsigned char > &vchRet)
NODISCARD bool	DecodeBase58 (const std::string &str, std::vector< unsigned char > &vchRet)
std::string	EncodeBase58Check (const std::vector< unsigned char > &vchIn)
NODISCARD bool	DecodeBase58Check (const char *psz, std::vector< unsigned char > &vchRet)
NODISCARD bool	DecodeBase58Check (const std::string &str, std::vector< unsigned char > &vchRet)

Function Documentation

DecodeBase58() [1/2]

NODISCARD bool DecodeBase58	(	const char *	psz,
		std::vector< unsigned char > &	vchRet
	)

Decode a base58-encoded string (psz) into a byte vector (vchRet). return true if decoding is successful. psz cannot be nullptr.

DecodeBase58() [2/2]

NODISCARD bool DecodeBase58	(	const std::string &	str,
		std::vector< unsigned char > &	vchRet
	)

Decode a base58-encoded string (str) into a byte vector (vchRet). return true if decoding is successful.

DecodeBase58Check() [1/2]

NODISCARD bool DecodeBase58Check	(	const char *	psz,
		std::vector< unsigned char > &	vchRet
	)

Decode a base58-encoded string (psz) that includes a checksum into a byte vector (vchRet), return true if decoding is successful

DecodeBase58Check() [2/2]

NODISCARD bool DecodeBase58Check	(	const std::string &	str,
		std::vector< unsigned char > &	vchRet
	)

Decode a base58-encoded string (str) that includes a checksum into a byte vector (vchRet), return true if decoding is successful

EncodeBase58() [1/2]

std::string EncodeBase58	(	const unsigned char *	pbegin,
		const unsigned char *	pend
	)

Why base-58 instead of standard base-64 encoding?

• Don't want 0OIl characters that look the same in some fonts and could be used to create visually identical looking data.
• A string with non-alphanumeric characters is not as easily accepted as input.
• E-mail usually won't line-break if there's no punctuation to break at.
• Double-clicking selects the whole string as one word if it's all alphanumeric.Encode a byte sequence as a base58-encoded string. pbegin and pend cannot be nullptr, unless both are.

EncodeBase58() [2/2]

std::string EncodeBase58

(

const std::vector< unsigned char > &

vch

)

Encode a byte vector as a base58-encoded string

EncodeBase58Check()

std::string EncodeBase58Check

(

const std::vector< unsigned char > &

vchIn

)

Encode a byte vector into a base58-encoded string, including checksum