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[[wp:Bitcoin|Bitcoin]] uses a specific encoding format to encode the digest of an [[wp:elliptic curve|elliptic curve]] public point into a short ASCII string. The purpose of this task is to perform such a conversion.
The encoding steps are:
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Here is an example public point:
<pre>X = 0x50863AD64A87AE8A2FE83C1AF1A8403CB53F53E486D8511DAD8A04887E5B2352
Y = 0x2CD470243453A299FA9E77237716103ABC11A1DF38855ED6F2EE187E9C582BA6</pre>
The corresponding address should be:
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