Term
Checksum
A small piece of data derived from a message to detect errors in transmission or entry.
Type:
technology
wallet
1
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
→A public identifier used to receive cryptocurrency on a blockchain network.
wallet
fundamentals
Bech32
→An address encoding format with error-detection used by Bitcoin and others.
technology
wallet
CashAddr
→The native address format for Bitcoin Cash (BCH), using a human-readable prefix and Base32 encoding with strong error detection.
wallet
technology
All terms and definitions may update as the Cryptionary improves.
