Bech32

An address encoding format with error-detection used by Bitcoin and others.

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Bech32 is a human-friendly address encoding with strong error detection, introduced for SegWit addresses on Bitcoin (bc1...). Many wallets prefer Bech32 for fewer typos and better QR performance.

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