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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @2bithits 20 Oct 2022 \ on: There are at least 3,034 bitcoins certainly lost forever as of 2022 bitcoin
Thanks for sharing
So... How do these addresses work? You just need a 1 at the front & the rest you can just make up?
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222 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullama OP 20 Oct 2022
Kind of...
It needs to be base58, and it needs to have a checksum, so that the whole address is valid.
Here's some background: https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/base58
The addresses starting with 1, and 3, are legacy, now modern addresses start with bc1.
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