The Bitcoin address is an identifier of 26-35 alphanumeric characters, beginning with the number 1, 3 or bc1.
0, O, I, l
are removed to avoid visual ambiguity.
There are currently three address formats in use:
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P2PKH which begin with the number 1:
1BvBMSEYstWetqTFn5Au4m4GFg7xJaNVN2
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P2SH type starting with the number 3:
3J98t1WpEZ73CNmQviecrnyiWrnqRhWNLy
-
Bech32 type starting with bc1:
bc1qar0srrr7xfkvy5l643lydnw9re59gtzzwf5mdq