This page contains sample addresses and/or private keys. Do not send bitcoins to or import any sample keys; you will lose your money.| en.bitcoin.it
Conversion from ECDSA public key to Bitcoin AddressThis article may be too technical for some users. The more basic article on Bitcoin Addresses may be more appropriate.| en.bitcoin.it
Blockchain-based currencies use encoded strings, which are in a Base58Check encoding with the exception of Bech32 encodings. The encoding includes a prefix (traditionally a single version byte), which affects the leading symbol(s) in the encoded result. The following is a list of some prefixes which are in use in the reference Bitcoin codebase.[1][2][3]| en.bitcoin.it