base58check

base58check

This package in Go provides functions to encode and decode in base58check, a specific base58 encoding format for encoding Bitcoin addresses.

Functions:

func Encode(string, string) (string, error) {} // takes the version and data as hexadecimal strings and returns the encoded string
func Decode(string) (string, error) {} // takes the encoded string and returns the decoded version prepended hexadecimal string

Installation

go get github.com/anaskhan96/base58check

Usage

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/anaskhan96/base58check"
)

func main() {
	encoded, err := base58check.Encode("80", "44D00F6EB2E5491CD7AB7E7185D81B67A23C4980F62B2ED0914D32B7EB1C5581")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(encoded) // 5JLbJxi9koHHvyFEAERHLYwG7VxYATnf8YdA9fiC6kXMghkYXpk

	decoded, err := base58check.Decode("1mayif3H2JDC62S4N3rLNtBNRAiUUP99k")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(decoded) // 00086eaa677895f92d4a6c5ef740c168932b5e3f44
}

References

• Base58Check encoding