Term

Checksum

A small piece of data derived from a message to detect errors in transmission or entry.

Type:

technology

wallet

definition

Checksums help detect typos or corruption. Address formats like Base58Check, Bech32, and CashAddr include a checksum so wallets can warn if an address is entered incorrectly.

Related Terms

Address

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A public identifier used to receive cryptocurrency on a blockchain network.

wallet

fundamentals

Bech32

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

technology

wallet

CashAddr

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The native address format for Bitcoin Cash (BCH), using a human-readable prefix and Base32 encoding with strong error detection.

wallet

technology

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