<p dir="ltr">The last few bytes can be generated to be the same also.</p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, 30 Oct 2017, 14:20 Ricardo Filipe via bitcoin-dev, <<a href="mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">start double checking the last few bytes instead?<br>
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2017-10-30 8:56 GMT+00:00 shiva sitamraju via bitcoin-dev<br>
<<a href="mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" target="_blank">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>>:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> When I copy and paste bitcoin address, I double check the first few bytes,<br>
> to make sure I copied the correct one. This is to make sure some rogue<br>
> software is not changing the address, or I incorrectly pasted the wrong<br>
> address.<br>
><br>
><br>
> With Bech32 address, its seems like in this department we are taking as step<br>
> in the backward direction. With the traditional address, I could compare<br>
> first few bytes like 1Ko or 1L3. With bech32, bc1. is all I can see and<br>
> compare which is likely to be same anyway. Note that most users will only<br>
> compare the first few bytes only (since addresses themselves are very long<br>
> and will overflow in a mobile text box).<br>
><br>
> Is there anyway to make the Bech32 addresses format more visually distinct<br>
> (atleast the first few bytes) ?<br>
><br>
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