222 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullama OP 20 Oct 2022 \ parent \ on: There are at least 3,034 bitcoins certainly lost forever as of 2022 bitcoin
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It needs to be base58, and it needs to have a checksum, so that the whole address is valid.
Here's some background: https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/base58
The addresses starting with 1, and 3, are legacy, now modern addresses start with bc1.