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BIP173: segwit address witness version is one 5-bit char not one byte
When describing the segwit address, `bc1q...` for example - the `q` represents witness version `0` but it is not one entire byte as the BIP currently describes it, it is one bech32 character which only represents 5 bits. (unless the intention is to describe the byte in terms of how ASCII characters occupy one byte?)
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When describing the segwit address, bc1q... for example - the q represents witness version 0 but it is not one entire byte as the BIP currently describes it, it is one bech32 character which only represents 5 bits.
(unless the intention is to describe the byte in terms of how ASCII characters occupy one byte?)
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