Some words about encoding
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# Encoding
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The `bitcore.Encoding` namespace contains utilities for encoding information in
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common formats in the bitcoin ecosystem.
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## Base58
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Two classes are provided: `Base58` and `Base58Check`. The first one merely
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encodes/decodes a set of bytes in base58 format. The second one will also take
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the double `sha256` hash of the information and append the last 4 bytes of the
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hash as a checksum when encoding, and checking this checksum when decoding.
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## BufferReader & BufferWriter
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These classes are used internally to write information in buffers.
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## Varint
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The bitcore implementation uses a quite complex way of compressing integers
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representing the size of fields.
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