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<h1 id="base58check-dash-address-encoding">Base58check, Dash Address Encoding</h1>
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<p>The method used in Dash for converting 160-bit hashes into P2PKH and <a href="/en/glossary/p2sh-address" title="A Dash payment address comprising a hashed script, allowing the spender to create a standard pubkey script that Pays To Script Hash (P2SH). The script can be almost any valid pubkey script." class="auto-link">P2SH addresses</a>. Also used in other parts of Dash, such as encoding <a href="/en/glossary/private-key" title="The private portion of a keypair which can create signatures that other people can verify using the public key." class="auto-link">private keys</a> for backup in WIP format. Not the same as other <a href="/en/glossary/base58check" title="The method used in Dash for converting 160-bit hashes into P2PKH and P2SH addresses. Also used in other parts of Dash, such as encoding private keys for backup in WIP format. Not the same as other base58 implementations." class="auto-link">base58</a> implementations.</p>
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<p><a href="/en/glossary/p2pkh-address" title="A Dash payment address comprising a hashed public key, allowing the spender to create a standard pubkey script that Pays To PubKey Hash (P2PKH)." class="auto-link">P2PKH address</a></p>
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<p><a href="/en/glossary/p2sh-address" title="A Dash payment address comprising a hashed script, allowing the spender to create a standard pubkey script that Pays To Script Hash (P2SH). The script can be almost any valid pubkey script." class="auto-link">P2SH address</a></p>
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<p><a href="/en/developer-reference#term-base58check">base58check</a> — Developer Reference</p>
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<p><a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Base58Check_encoding">Base58Check encoding</a> — Bitcoin Wiki</p>
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