# bs58 [![travis-badge][]][travis] [![cargo-badge][]][cargo] [![license-badge][]][license] [![rust-version-badge][]][rust-version]
Another Rust [Base58][] codec implementation.
Compared to [`base58`][] this is significantly faster at decoding (about
2.4x as fast when decoding 32 bytes), almost the same speed for encoding
(about 3% slower when encoding 32 bytes), doesn't have the 128 byte
limitation and supports a configurable alphabet.
Compared to [`rust-base58`][] this is massively faster (over ten times as
fast when decoding 32 bytes, almost 40 times as fast when encoding 32
bytes), has no external dependencies and supports a configurable alphabet.
## Rust Version Policy
This crate only supports the current stable version of Rust, patch releases may
use new features at any time.
## Developing
This project uses [clippy][] and denies warnings in CI builds. To ensure your
changes will be accepted please check them with `cargo clippy` (available via
`rustup component add clippy`) before submitting a pull request (along with
`cargo test` as usual).
## License
Licensed under either of
* Apache License, Version 2.0 ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
### Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you shall be dual licensed as above, without any
additional terms or conditions.
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[travis]: https://travis-ci.org/mycorrhiza/bs58-rs
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[cargo]: https://crates.io/crates/bs58
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[license]: #license
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[rust-version]: #rust-version-policy
[Base58]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base58
[`base58`]: https://github.com/debris/base58
[`rust-base58`]: https://github.com/nham/rust-base58
[clippy]: https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rust-clippy