Base58 is raw byte encoding here, not Base58Check
Leading zero bytes become leading “1” symbols. No checksum or version byte is added, so blockchain-address validity must not be inferred.
Convert UTF-8 bytes to Base58 while preserving leading zero bytes as leading 1 characters.
Leading zero bytes become leading “1” symbols. No checksum or version byte is added, so blockchain-address validity must not be inferred.