start double checking the last few bytes instead?
2017-10-30 8:56 GMT+00:00 shiva sitamraju via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>: > Hi, > > When I copy and paste bitcoin address, I double check the first few bytes, > to make sure I copied the correct one. This is to make sure some rogue > software is not changing the address, or I incorrectly pasted the wrong > address. > > > With Bech32 address, its seems like in this department we are taking as step > in the backward direction. With the traditional address, I could compare > first few bytes like 1Ko or 1L3. With bech32, bc1. is all I can see and > compare which is likely to be same anyway. Note that most users will only > compare the first few bytes only (since addresses themselves are very long > and will overflow in a mobile text box). > > Is there anyway to make the Bech32 addresses format more visually distinct > (atleast the first few bytes) ? > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev > _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
