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RIPEMD160 produces a 160 bit number which is 20 bytes, not 80 bytes

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Minh T. Nguyen 2014-05-27 00:01:35 -07:00
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@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ An address is a string of digits and characters that can be shared with anyone w
A bitcoin address derived from a public key is a string of numbers and letters that begins with the number one, such as +1J7mdg5rbQyUHENYdx39WVWK7fsLpEoXZy+. The bitcoin address is derived from the public key through the use of one-way cryptographic hashing. A "hashing algorithm" or simply "hash algorithm" is a one-way function that produces a fingerprint or "hash" of an arbitrary sized input. Cryptographic hash functions are used extensively in bitcoin: in bitcoin addresses, script addresses and in the mining "Proof-of-Work" algorithm. The algorithms used to make a bitcoin address from a public key are the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) and the RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest (RIPEMD), specifically SHA256 and RIPEMD160.
Starting with the public key K, we compute the SHA256 hash and then compute the RIPEMD160 hash of the result, producing a 160 bit (80 byte) number:
Starting with the public key K, we compute the SHA256 hash and then compute the RIPEMD160 hash of the result, producing a 160 bit (20 byte) number:
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