Like [base64], but without these characters: `+/0OIl`

This is the definition of base58 as used by the open source decentralized cryptographic peer-to-peer currency system bitcoin.
(there is apparently a different version of base58 used by Flickr)

The rationale (at least for bitcoin) behind the use of base58 is:

   * Don't want 0OIl characters that look the same in some fonts and could be used to create visually identical looking account numbers.
   * A string with non-alphanumeric characters is not as easily accepted as an account number.
   * E-mail usually won't line-break if there's no punctuation to break at.
   * Doubleclicking selects the whole number as one word if it's all alphanumeric.

The alphabet used is:  "123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz"

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[JMN] 2011-06-28 Does anyone know if there are existing Tcl implementations of base58 as used by bitcoin?

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'''[AK] - 2011-06-28 17:41:27'''

I do not know of any implementation. If one is made by whoever I would strongly recommend to submit the code to Tcllib for inclusion, as it already has base64, base32, ascii85, uu, yEnc, etc. I.e. a base58 implementation would fit right in.


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