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Ethereum address page incorrectly states an address is 64 bytes long.

Open jannotti opened this issue 3 years ago • 0 comments

It states:

An Ethereum address is a 64 character hex string generated subject to various rules defined in the Ethereum yellow paper. It represents a unique account on the Ethereum network and has an associated private key. This private key is requried to prove ownership of the address and has to be kept safe.

I suggest:

An Ethereum address is a 42 character string: "0x" followed by 40 hex digits generated subject to various rules defined in the Ethereum yellow paper. It represents a unique account on the Ethereum network and has an associated private key. This private key is required to prove ownership of the address and has to be kept safe.

jannotti avatar Mar 17 '23 13:03 jannotti