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Is there any list of litecoin constants available? Something like Bitcoin list of address prefixes
litecoin constants and prefixes
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Here is what I've gathered so far regarding the different version bytes for each type of Litecoin public address:
Mainnet:
- p2pkh L-address (
LM2WMpR1Rp6j3Sa59cMXMs1SPzj9eXpGc1):0x30 - p2sh deprecated 3-address (
3MSvaVbVFFLML86rt5eqgA9SvW23upaXdY):0x05(same as bitcoin's mainnet p2sh) - p2sh new M-address (
MTf4tP1TCNBn8dNkyxeBVoPrFCcVzxJvvh):0x32
Testnet:
- p2pkh m- or n-address (
mipcBbFg9gMiCh81Kj8tqqdgoZub1ZJRfn):0x6f(same as bitcoin's testnet p2pkh) - p2sh deprecated 2-address (
2N2PJEucf6QY2kNFuJ4chQEBoyZWszRQE16):0xc4 - p2sh new Q-address (
QVk4MvUu7Wb7tZ1wvAeiUvdF7wxhvpyLLK):0x3a
This is the Litecoin project's converter between old and new p2sh address format. And this is an online base58check decoder to check the version byte.
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L - Legacy, Non-P2SH (Pay to script hash) address prefix
3 - P2SH prefix that's backwards compatible to the M prefix. When I say backwards compatible, I mean that there is a 3 address and an M address that point to the same address (Reference: https://blog.trezor.io/litecoins-new-p2sh-segwit-addresses-843633e3e707)
M - Current P2SH address prefix
Litecoin WIF Prefixes: 6 (0x36) and 7 (0x37)
1do you also know the prefixes for WIF and the hex values? – blues – 2017-11-16T09:48:03.893
Sure - I just added the WIF prefixes (including hex) to my above answer – Cory Benjamin – 2017-11-16T10:17:40.223