Base58.h

/*
 * This file is part of the VanitySearch distribution (https://github.com/JeanLucPons/VanitySearch).
 * Copyright (c) 2019 Jean Luc PONS.
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

#ifndef BASE58_H
#define BASE58_H

#include <string>
#include <vector>

/**
 * Encode a byte sequence as a base58-encoded string.
 * pbegin and pend cannot be nullptr, unless both are.
 */
std::string EncodeBase58(const unsigned char* pbegin, const unsigned char* pend);

/**
 * Encode a byte vector as a base58-encoded string
 */
std::string EncodeBase58(const std::vector<unsigned char>& vch);

/**
 * Decode a base58-encoded string (psz) into a byte vector (vchRet).
 * return true if decoding is successful.
 * psz cannot be nullptr.
 */
bool DecodeBase58(const char* psz, std::vector<unsigned char>& vchRet);

/**
 * Decode a base58-encoded string (str) into a byte vector (vchRet).
 * return true if decoding is successful.
 */
bool DecodeBase58(const std::string& str, std::vector<unsigned char>& vchRet);


#endif // BASE58_H