bech32

Implementation of the Bech32 cryptocurrency address format (BIP 0173).

https://github.com/input-output-hk/bech32

LTS Haskell 23.19:1.1.8
Stackage Nightly 2025-04-30:1.1.8
Latest on Hackage:1.1.8

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Apache-2.0 licensed by IOHK Engineering Team
Maintained by [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
This version can be pinned in stack with:bech32-1.1.8@sha256:01ae773f111e68a531298599bf5c2fdb438d8692936e20490822f8d3bdc6405c,4597

Module documentation for 1.1.8

Used by 2 packages in nightly-2025-04-30(full list with versions):
bech32, bech32-th

Implementation of the Bech32 cryptocurrency address format documented in the BIP (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal) 0173.

Changes

Changelog

[1.1.8] - 2024-12-27

  • Added support for GHC 9.12 series.

[1.1.7] - 2024-05-20

  • Added support for GHC 9.10 series.

[1.1.6] - 2024-04-24

Changed

  • Revised upper version bounds for dependencies.

[1.1.5] - 2024-02-23

Fixed

  • Specified version bounds for all package dependencies.

Added

  • Added support for GHC 9.8 series.

[1.1.4] - 2023-07-28

Fixed

  • Support for optparse-applicative versions >= 0.18.0.0.

[1.1.3] - 2023-06-06

Fixed

  • Specify supported version bounds for optparse-applicative.

[1.1.2] - 2021-11-05

Fixed

  • Strip whitespaces from bech32 stdin to satisfy Windows echo command.

[1.1.1] - 2021-06-11

Added

  • Added --version switch for the bech32 command.

Changed

  • Upgraded CI to build with Cabal 3.4.0.0 and GHC 8.10.4.
  • Update version constraints for GHC 9.0.1.

[1.1.0] - 2020-07-08

Added

  • Added bech32 command-line for easy conversions in the console.

    Usage: bech32 [PREFIX]
  Convert to and from bech32 strings. Data are read from standard input.

Available options:
  -h,--help                Show this help text
  PREFIX                   An optional human-readable prefix (e.g. 'addr').
                             - When provided, the input text is decoded from various encoding formats and re-encoded to bech32 using the given prefix.
                             - When omitted, the input text is decoded from bech32 to base16.

Supported encoding formats: Base16, Bech32 & Base58.

Examples:
  To Bech32:
    $ bech32 base16_ <<< 706174617465
    base16_1wpshgct5v5r5mxh0

    $ bech32 base58_ <<< Ae2tdPwUPEYy
    base58_1p58rejhd9592uusa8pzj2

    $ bech32 new_prefix <<< old_prefix1wpshgcg2s33x3
    new_prefix1wpshgcgeak9mv

  From Bech32:
    $ bech32 <<< base16_1wpshgct5v5r5mxh0
    706174617465

[1.0.2] - 2020-02-19

Added

  • Added support for the bech32-th extension library.

[1.0.1] - 2020-02-13

Added

  • Exposed functions dataPartFromWords and dataPartToWords within public interface.

  • Exposed the Word5 type within the public interface.

  • Exposed the CharPosition type within the public interface.

Changed

  • Improved module documentation, adding basic examples to help beginner users quickly get up to speed.

[1.0.0] - 2019-09-27

Added