code: def b58decode(v):
      '''Decode a Base58 encoded string'''
  
      if not isinstance(v, str):
          v = v.decode('ascii')
  
      origlen = len(v)
      v = v.lstrip(alphabet[0])
      newlen = len(v)
  
      acc = b58decode_int(v)
  
      result = []
      while acc > 0:
          acc, mod = divmod(acc, 256)
          result.append(mod)
  
      return (b'\0' * (origlen - newlen) + bseq(reversed(result))f b58decode(v):
      '''Decode a Base58 encoded string'''
  
      if not isinstance(v, str):
          v = v.decode('ascii')
  
      origlen = len(v)
      v = v.lstrip(alphabet[0])
      newlen = len(v)
  
      acc = b58decode_int(v)
  
      result = []
      while acc > 0:
          acc, mod = divmod(acc, 256)
          result.append(mod)
  
      return (b'\0' * (origlen - newlen) + bseq(reversed(result)))
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