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@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ authorized by an input script that acts like a ((("public key cryptography", "in
[[p2pk]]
=== IP Addresses: The Original Address for Bitcoin (P2PK)
We've ((("public key cryptography", "IP address payments and", id="pub-key-ipaddress")))((("IP addresses for Bitcoin payments", id="ipaddress-payment")))((("payments", "via IP addresses", id="payment-ipaddress")))((("P2PK (pay to public key)", id="p2pk-ch4")))established that Alice can pay Bob by assigning some of her
We've ((("public key cryptography", "IP address payments and", id="pub-key-ipaddress")))((("IP addresses for Bitcoin payments", id="ipaddress-payment")))((("payments", "via IP addresses", id="payment-ipaddress")))((("P2PK (pay to public key)", id="p2pk-ch4")))((("addresses", "P2PK (pay to public key)", id="address-p2pk-ch4")))established that Alice can pay Bob by assigning some of her
bitcoins to one of Bob's public keys. But how does Alice get one of
Bob's public keys? Bob could just give her a copy, but let's look again
at the public key we worked with in <<public_key_derivation>>. Notice
@ -487,12 +487,12 @@ to see the benefits when we look at the following section.
This type of output is known today as _pay to public key_, or _P2PK_ for
short. It was never widely used for payments, and no widely used
program has supported IP address payments for almost((("public key cryptography", "IP address payments and", startref="pub-key-ipaddress")))((("IP addresses for Bitcoin payments", startref="ipaddress-payment")))((("payments", "via IP addresses", startref="payment-ipaddress")))((("P2PK (pay to public key)", startref="p2pk-ch4"))) a decade.
program has supported IP address payments for almost((("public key cryptography", "IP address payments and", startref="pub-key-ipaddress")))((("IP addresses for Bitcoin payments", startref="ipaddress-payment")))((("payments", "via IP addresses", startref="payment-ipaddress")))((("P2PK (pay to public key)", startref="p2pk-ch4")))((("addresses", "P2PK (pay to public key)", startref="address-p2pk-ch4"))) a decade.
[[addresses_for_p2pkh]]
=== Legacy Addresses for P2PKH
Entering ((("public key cryptography", "hash functions and", id="pub-key-hash")))((("hash functions", "Bitcoin payments and", id="hash-payment")))((("payments", "with hash functions", secondary-sortas="hash functions", id="payment-hash")))((("P2PKH (pay to public key hash)", id="p2pkh-legacy")))the IP address of the person you want to pay has a number of
Entering ((("public key cryptography", "hash functions and", id="pub-key-hash")))((("hash functions", "Bitcoin payments and", id="hash-payment")))((("payments", "with hash functions", secondary-sortas="hash functions", id="payment-hash")))((("P2PKH (pay to public key hash)", id="p2pkh-legacy")))((("addresses", "P2PKH (pay to public key hash)", id="address-p2pkh-legacy")))the IP address of the person you want to pay has a number of
advantages, but it also has a number of downsides. One particular
downside is that the receiver needs their wallet to be online at their
IP address, and it needs to be accessible from the outside world. For
@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ Bitcoin wallet to Alice's wallet. There are commonly used encodings for
byte values, such as hexadecimal, but any mistake made in copying a
commitment would result in the bitcoins being sent to an unspendable
output, causing them to be lost forever. In the next section, we'll
look at compact encoding and reliable ((("public key cryptography", "hash functions and", startref="pub-key-hash")))((("hash functions", "Bitcoin payments and", startref="hash-payment")))((("payments", "with hash functions", secondary-sortas="hash functions", startref="payment-hash")))((("P2PKH (pay to public key hash)", startref="p2pkh-legacy")))((("commitments", startref="commitment")))checksums.
look at compact encoding and reliable ((("public key cryptography", "hash functions and", startref="pub-key-hash")))((("hash functions", "Bitcoin payments and", startref="hash-payment")))((("payments", "with hash functions", secondary-sortas="hash functions", startref="payment-hash")))((("P2PKH (pay to public key hash)", startref="p2pkh-legacy")))((("addresses", "P2PKH (pay to public key hash)", startref="address-p2pkh-legacy")))((("commitments", startref="commitment")))checksums.
[[base58]]
=== Base58Check Encoding