diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/protocol/Base43.java b/src/main/java/com/sparrowwallet/drongo/protocol/Base43.java
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+package com.sparrowwallet.drongo.protocol;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+public class Base43 {
+    private static final char[] ALPHABET = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ$*+-./:".toCharArray();
+
+    private static final int[] INDEXES = new int[128];
+
+    static {
+        for(int i = 0; i < INDEXES.length; i++) {
+            INDEXES[i] = -1;
+        }
+
+        for(int i = 0; i < ALPHABET.length; i++) {
+            INDEXES[ALPHABET[i]] = i;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static String encode(byte[] input) {
+        if(input.length == 0) {
+            return "";
+        }
+
+        input = copyOfRange(input, 0, input.length);
+
+        // Count leading zeroes.
+        int zeroCount = 0;
+        while(zeroCount < input.length && input[zeroCount] == 0) {
+            ++zeroCount;
+        }
+
+        // The actual encoding.
+        final byte[] temp = new byte[input.length * 2];
+        int j = temp.length;
+
+        int startAt = zeroCount;
+        while(startAt < input.length) {
+            byte mod = divmod43(input, startAt);
+            if(input[startAt] == 0) {
+                ++startAt;
+            }
+            temp[--j] = (byte) ALPHABET[mod];
+        }
+
+        // Strip extra '1' if there are some after decoding.
+        while(j < temp.length && temp[j] == ALPHABET[0]) {
+            ++j;
+        }
+
+        // Add as many leading '1' as there were leading zeros.
+        while(--zeroCount >= 0) {
+            temp[--j] = (byte) ALPHABET[0];
+        }
+
+        final byte[] output = copyOfRange(temp, j, temp.length);
+
+        return new String(output, StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
+    }
+
+    public static byte[] decode(final String input) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        if(input.isEmpty()) {
+            return new byte[0];
+        }
+
+        final byte[] input43 = new byte[input.length()];
+        // Transform the String to a base43 byte sequence
+        for(int i = 0; i < input.length(); ++i) {
+            final char c = input.charAt(i);
+
+            int digit43 = -1;
+
+            if(c >= 0 && c < 128) {
+                digit43 = INDEXES[c];
+            }
+
+            if(digit43 < 0) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal character " + c + " at " + i);
+            }
+
+            input43[i] = (byte) digit43;
+        }
+
+        // Count leading zeroes
+        int zeroCount = 0;
+        while(zeroCount < input43.length && input43[zeroCount] == 0) {
+            ++zeroCount;
+        }
+
+        // The encoding
+        final byte[] temp = new byte[input.length()];
+        int j = temp.length;
+
+        int startAt = zeroCount;
+        while(startAt < input43.length) {
+            byte mod = divmod256(input43, startAt);
+            if(input43[startAt] == 0) {
+                ++startAt;
+            }
+
+            temp[--j] = mod;
+        }
+
+        // Do no add extra leading zeroes, move j to first non null byte.
+        while(j < temp.length && temp[j] == 0) {
+            ++j;
+        }
+
+        return copyOfRange(temp, j - zeroCount, temp.length);
+    }
+
+    //
+    // number -> number / 43, returns number % 43
+    //
+    private static byte divmod43(final byte[] number, final int startAt) {
+        int remainder = 0;
+        for(int i = startAt; i < number.length; i++) {
+            final int digit256 = (int) number[i] & 0xFF;
+            final int temp = remainder * 256 + digit256;
+
+            number[i] = (byte) (temp / 43);
+
+            remainder = temp % 43;
+        }
+
+        return (byte) remainder;
+    }
+
+    //
+    // number -> number / 256, returns number % 256
+    //
+    private static byte divmod256(final byte[] number43, final int startAt) {
+        int remainder = 0;
+        for(int i = startAt; i < number43.length; i++) {
+            final int digit58 = (int) number43[i] & 0xFF;
+            final int temp = remainder * 43 + digit58;
+
+            number43[i] = (byte) (temp / 256);
+
+            remainder = temp % 256;
+        }
+
+        return (byte) remainder;
+    }
+
+    private static byte[] copyOfRange(final byte[] source, final int from, final int to) {
+        final byte[] range = new byte[to - from];
+        System.arraycopy(source, from, range, 0, range.length);
+
+        return range;
+    }
+}