The Bitcoin address is an identifier of 26-35 alphanumeric characters, beginning with the number 1, 3 or bc1.

0, O, I, l are removed to avoid visual ambiguity.

There are currently three address formats in use:

  1. P2PKH which begin with the number 1: 1BvBMSEYstWetqTFn5Au4m4GFg7xJaNVN2

  2. P2SH type starting with the number 3: 3J98t1WpEZ73CNmQviecrnyiWrnqRhWNLy

  3. Bech32 type starting with bc1: bc1qar0srrr7xfkvy5l643lydnw9re59gtzzwf5mdq

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