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Bech32

Bech32 is an encoding scheme used to encode SegWit addresses and Lightning invoices.

Bech32 is an encoding scheme used to encode SegWit addresses and Lightning invoices. The Bech32 alphabet contains 32 characters, including lowercase letters a-z and the numbers 0-9, excluding the number 1 and the letters ‘b’, ‘i’, ‘o’ to avoid reader confusion. Bech32 also includes an error detection mechanism.

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