Enumeration Base58AddressFormatVersion

A Pay to Public Key Hash (P2PKH) address – base58 encodes to a leading 1.

Hex: 0x00

A Pay to Public Key Hash (P2PKH) address intended for use on the Bitcoin Cash network – base58 encodes to a leading C. This version was temporarily used by the Copay project before the CashAddress format was standardized.

Hex: 0x1c

A testnet Pay to Public Key Hash (P2PKH) address – base58 encodes to a leading m or n.

Hex: 0x6f

A 20-byte Pay to Script Hash (P2SH20) address – base58 encodes to a leading 3.

Hex: 0x05

A 20-byte Pay to Script Hash (P2SH20) address intended for use on the Bitcoin Cash network – base58 encodes to a leading H. This version was temporarily used by the Copay project before the CashAddress format was standardized.

Hex: 0x28

A testnet 20-byte Pay to Script Hash (P2SH20) address – base58 encodes to a leading 2.

Hex: 0xc4

A private key in Wallet Import Format. For private keys used with uncompressed public keys, the payload is 32 bytes and causes the version to be encoded as a 5. For private keys used with compressed public keys, a final 0x01 byte is appended to the private key, increasing the payload to 33 bytes, and causing the version to be encoded as a K or L.

Hex: 0x80

A private key in Wallet Import Format intended for testnet use. For private keys used with uncompressed public keys, the payload is 32 bytes and causes the version to be encoded as a 9. For private keys used with compressed public keys, a final 0x01 byte is appended to the private key, increasing the payload to 33 bytes, and causing the version to be encoded as a c.

Hex: 0xef