---
name: "base58"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "base58"
version: "1.0.3-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/base58"
---

# base58(1)

Base58 encode or decode

## NAME

**base58** - Base58 encode or decode

## SYNOPSIS

**base58** \[*-h*\] \[*-d*\] \[*-c*\] \[*FILE*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Base58 encode or decode *FILE*, or standard input, to standard output.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-d**, **--decode**

  decode data

- **-c**, **--check**

  append a checksum before encoding

## COPYRIGHT

**python-base58** is copyright (c) 2013-2018 David Keijser. Released under the MIT license.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Joel Cross \<joel@kazbak.co.uk\>