Network.Haskoin.Address.Base58

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type Base58 = Text

Base58 classic Bitcoin address format.

encodeBase58 :: ByteString -> Base58

Encode an arbitrary ByteString into a its Base58 representation, preserving leading zeroes.

decodeBase58 :: Base58 -> Maybe ByteString

Decode a Base58-encoded Text to a ByteString.

encodeBase58Check :: ByteString -> Base58

Computes a checksum for the input ByteString and encodes the input and the checksum as Base58.

decodeBase58Check :: Base58 -> Maybe ByteString

Decode a Base58-encoded string that contains a checksum. This function returns Nothing if the input string contains invalid Base58 characters or if the checksum fails.