Varunram Ganesh writes:
> Now, I am no expert on error encoding formats, but I think that bech32 is
> under optimised for invoices (whose lengths are greater than 71). Related to
> this, is there a reason why we use hex encoded pubkeys in lightning? Unless
> I'm missing something, I think bech3
Hello List,
The reason why we use bech32 for invoice addresses and raw hex encoded pubkeys
and has long puzzled me. Let's take a sample testnet invoice
>>> "lntb20m1pvjluezhp58yjmdan79s6qqdhdzgynm4zwqd5d7xmw5fk98klysy043l2ahrqspp5qqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqypqfpp3x9et2e20v6