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Board Bitcoin Discussion
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compressed and uncompressed addresses
by
Davidvictorson
on 04/02/2024, 20:32:06 UTC
I've recently discovered that Bitcoin addresses come in two types:- compressed and uncompressed addresses. But then how can we identify compressed and uncompressed addresses? Why do we have the two formats? Is there a possibility that there may be a new format in the future and is there an advantage to using one over the other?