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=== Bech32 Addresses
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In 2017, the Bitcoin protocol was upgraded. When the upgrade is used,
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In 2017, the ((("public key cryptography", "bech32 addresses", "advantages of", id="pub-key-bech32-adv")))((("bech32 addresses", "advantages of", id="bech32-adv")))Bitcoin protocol was upgraded. When the upgrade is used,
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it prevents transaction
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identifiers (txids) from being changed without the consent of a spending
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user (or a quorum of signers when multiple signatures are required).
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@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ getting all wallets to upgrade to new scripts with a new base58check
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version was expected to require almost as much work as getting them to
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upgrade to an entirely new address format, so several Bitcoin
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contributors set out to design the best possible address format. They
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identified several problems with base58check:
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identified several problems((("public key cryptography", "base58check encoding")))((("base58check encoding")))((("encoding", "base58check"))) with base58check:
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- Its mixed-case presentation made it inconvenient to read aloud or
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transcribe. Try reading one of the legacy addresses in this chapter
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and have that wallet remain able to spend to bech32 addresses for
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users of new features added in future protocol upgrades. It was
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hoped that we might never again need to go through the system-wide
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upgrade cycles necessary to allow people to fully use P2SH and segwit.
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upgrade cycles necessary to allow people to fully use P2SH and((("public key cryptography", "bech32 addresses", "advantages of", startref="pub-key-bech32-adv")))((("bech32 addresses", "advantages of", startref="bech32-adv"))) segwit.
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==== Problems with Bech32 Addresses
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