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bs58
====

JavaScript component to compute base 58 encoding. This encoding is typically used for crypto currencies such as Bitcoin.

Full documentation: http://cryptocoinjs.com/modules/misc/bs58/


Credits
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- [Mike Hearn](https://github.com/mikehearn) for original Java implementation
- [Stefan Thomas](https://github.com/justmoon) for porting to JavaScript
- [Stephan Pair](https://github.com/gasteve) for buffer improvements
- [Daniel Cousens](https://github.com/dcousens) for cleanup and merging improvements from bitcoinjs-lib
- [Jared Deckard](https://github.com/deckar01) for killing `bigi` as a dependency
