bech32
==========

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Package bech32 provides a Go implementation of the bech32 format specified in
[BIP 173](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0173.mediawiki).

Test vectors from BIP 173 are added to ensure compatibility with the BIP.

## Installation and Updating

```bash
$ go get -u github.com/btcsuite/btcutil/bech32
```

## Examples

* [Bech32 decode Example](http://godoc.org/github.com/btcsuite/btcutil/bech32#example-Bech32Decode)
  Demonstrates how to decode a bech32 encoded string.
* [Bech32 encode Example](http://godoc.org/github.com/btcsuite/btcutil/bech32#example-BechEncode)
  Demonstrates how to encode data into a bech32 string.

## License

Package bech32 is licensed under the [copyfree](http://copyfree.org) ISC
License.