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compare that with something like bip38 encrypted private keys which if they dont decrypt to the address they are supposed to, then they are invalid.

if you know your minikey's bitcoin address you'll know if there was an error typing in your minikey. so you dont need error detection in that case. if you dont know your bitcoin address then you might be in trouble.…

Yes it does but is it really useful? If someone wrote down their minikey wrong is it going to be easy for them to correct the error just knowing that the extended minikey doesn't start with "00" ? I doubt it. If…