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• Base58 Encoding - Base58 encoding is a user-friendly variation of the Base64 encoding, meant to avoid ambiguities between similar looking characters (e.g. 1 and l) and allow for ease of use. Base58 is the default encoding for Bitcoin addresses. Also used in several other cryptocurrencies.
• Cryptography - Cryptography is a set of encoding methods through which information can be protected from interception, eavesdropping and tampering.
• Public Key Encryption - Public Key Encryption is an encryption method by which the encoding and decoding keys are different. AKA asymmetric encryption. Examples include RSA and elliptic curve cryptography (the latter used in Bitcoin and most cryptocurrencies).
• RSA Encryption - RSA is a pioneering encryption system developed by three cryptography experts whose names make up the acronym (Rivest, Shamir, Adleman). RSA is the most widely used public key encryption system.