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A checksummed base32 format, "Bech32", and a standard for native segregated witness output addresses using it.

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Why are P2WSH addresses larger than P2SH addresses?

The encoding is bech32 not base58, which is slightly longer but vastly easier to type due to a lack of capital letters, and the inclusion of error correction rather than error detection. SegWit scrip …
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Convert bech32 Bitcoin address to legacy

There’s no conversion of address formats in Bitcoin and attempting to do so will result in loss of funds.
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Would it be possible to dictate a bech32 address as a list of English words?

The NATO phonetic alphabet is designed for this purpose and is very widely recognized by a number of people in communication critical industries. The words are clearly recognizable even to the unfamil …
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Bech32 conversion to legacy P2PKH?

You can’t assume that any given software will be know to go searching for arbitrary encodings of the public key you’re “converting” to. Depending on the wallet software on the other end, your payment …
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Which crypto currency exchanges are using segwit (bc1) addresses for its users?

As of November 2017, only Electrum wallet and blockchain.info are major services which support bech32 address format. A number of services use P2SH wrapped segwit scripts which is easier for backwards …
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