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EIP 55: Mixed-case checksum address encoding
- Note: The following is an excerpt from the official Ethereum site. It is provided here as a convenience and is not authoritative. Refer to the original document as the authoritative reference.
Table 1: Data sheet for Mixed-case checksum address encoding
| Title | Mixed-case checksum address encoding |
| Author | Vitalik Buterin, Alex Van de Sande |
| Status | Final |
| Created | 2016-01-14 |
| Description | http://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-55 |
| Specification | http://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-55#Specification |
| Category | ERC |
Abstract
In English, convert the address to hex, but if the ith digit is a letter (ie. it’s one of abcdef) print it in uppercase if the 4*ith bit of the hash of the lowercase hexadecimal address is 1 otherwise print it in lowercase.
Rationale
Benefit
- Backwards compatible with many hex parsers that accept mixed case, allowing it to be easily introduced over time
- Keeps the length at 40 characters
- On average there will be 15 check bits per address, and the net probability that a randomly generated address if mistyped will accidentally pass a check is 0.0247%. This is a ~50x improvement over ICAP, but not as good as a 4-byte check code.
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