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@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ image::images/mbc3_0409.png["The same bech32 address QR encoded in lowercase and
==== Problems with Bech32 Addresses
Bech32 addresses would have been a success in every area except for one
Bech32 addresses((("public key cryptography", "bech32 addresses", "problems with", id="pub-key-bech32-prob")))((("bech32 addresses", "problems with", id="bech32-prob"))) would have been a success in every area except for one
problem. The mathematical guarantees about their ability to detect
errors only apply if the length of the address you enter into a wallet
is the same length of the original address. If you add or remove any
@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ or 62 characters long, so someone would need to add or remove the letter "q"
from the penultimate position of a bech32 address 20 times in order to
send money to an invalid address without a wallet being able to detect
it. However, it would become a problem for users in the future if
a segwit-based upgrade were ever to be implemented.
a segwit-based upgrade were ever to be ((("public key cryptography", "bech32 addresses", "problems with", startref="pub-key-bech32-prob")))((("bech32 addresses", "problems with", startref="bech32-prob")))implemented.
==== Bech32m