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0 pointssedatk2y ago0 comments

Haven't seen that, but how do you work with carry for numbers that are 256^8 < x < 58^11 ?

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If we cut off at 8 byte blocks every number would be < 256^8. Encountering x > 256^8 would simplify be invalid.

In that case, there would be padding left in every encoded block. The size overhead would weaken the case for Base58 especially if you consider using it for arbitrarily long data.

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charlieyu12y ago

If we cut off at 8 byte blocks every number would be < 256^8. Encountering x > 256^8 would simplify be invalid.

sedatkOP2y ago

In that case, there would be padding left in every encoded block. The size overhead would weaken the case for Base58 especially if you consider using it for arbitrarily long data.

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