// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
+// Copyright (c) 2011 The Bitcoin Developers
// Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
// file license.txt or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
static const char* pszBase58 = "123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz";
-
+// Encode a byte sequence as a base58-encoded string
inline std::string EncodeBase58(const unsigned char* pbegin, const unsigned char* pend)
{
CAutoBN_CTX pctx;
return str;
}
+// Encode a byte vector as a base58-encoded string
inline std::string EncodeBase58(const std::vector<unsigned char>& vch)
{
return EncodeBase58(&vch[0], &vch[0] + vch.size());
}
+// Decode a base58-encoded string psz into byte vector vchRet
+// returns true if decoding is succesful
inline bool DecodeBase58(const char* psz, std::vector<unsigned char>& vchRet)
{
CAutoBN_CTX pctx;
return true;
}
+// Decode a base58-encoded string str into byte vector vchRet
+// returns true if decoding is succesful
inline bool DecodeBase58(const std::string& str, std::vector<unsigned char>& vchRet)
{
return DecodeBase58(str.c_str(), vchRet);
-
+// Encode a byte vector to a base58-encoded string, including checksum
inline std::string EncodeBase58Check(const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchIn)
{
// add 4-byte hash check to the end
return EncodeBase58(vch);
}
+// Decode a base58-encoded string psz that includes a checksum, into byte vector vchRet
+// returns true if decoding is succesful
inline bool DecodeBase58Check(const char* psz, std::vector<unsigned char>& vchRet)
{
if (!DecodeBase58(psz, vchRet))
return true;
}
+// Decode a base58-encoded string str that includes a checksum, into byte vector vchRet
+// returns true if decoding is succesful
inline bool DecodeBase58Check(const std::string& str, std::vector<unsigned char>& vchRet)
{
return DecodeBase58Check(str.c_str(), vchRet);
-
+// Base class for all base58-encoded data
class CBase58Data
{
protected:
+ // the version byte
unsigned char nVersion;
+
+ // the actually encoded data
std::vector<unsigned char> vchData;
CBase58Data()
~CBase58Data()
{
+ // zero the memory, as it may contain sensitive data
if (!vchData.empty())
memset(&vchData[0], 0, vchData.size());
}
bool operator> (const CBase58Data& b58) const { return CompareTo(b58) > 0; }
};
-
+// base58-encoded bitcoin addresses
+// Addresses have version 0 or 111 (testnet)
+// The data vector contains RIPEMD160(SHA256(pubkey)), where pubkey is the serialized public key
class CBitcoinAddress : public CBase58Data
{
public: