parameters: (v)
return_statement: return (__b58chars[0]*nPad) + result
docstring: encode v, which is a string of bytes, to base58.
docstring_summary: encode v, which is a string of bytes, to base58.
docstring_tokens: encode v which is a string of bytes to base58 .
function: def b58encode(v):
      """ encode v, which is a string of bytes, to base58. """
      long_value = 0L
      for (i, c) in enumerate(v[::-1]):
          long_value += (256**i) * ord(c)
      result = ''
      while long_value >= __b58base:
          div, mod = divmod(long_value, __b58base)
          result = __b58chars[mod] + result
          long_value = div
      result = __b58chars[long_value] + result
      # Bitcoin does a little leading-zero-compression:
      # leading 0-bytes in the input become leading-1s
      nPad = 0
      for c in v:
          if c == '\0': nPad += 1
          else: break
      return (__b58chars[0]*nPad) + result
function_tokens: def b58encode ( v ) : long_value = 0L for ( i , c ) in enumerate ( v [ : : - 1 ] ) : long_value += ( 256 ** i ) * ord ( c ) result = '' while long_value >= __b58base : div , mod = divmod ( long_value , __b58base ) result = __b58chars [ mod ] + result long_value = div result = __b58chars [ long_value ] + result # Bitcoin does a little leading-zero-compression: # leading 0-bytes in the input become leading-1s nPad = 0 for c in v : if c == '\0' : nPad += 1 else : break return ( __b58chars [ 0 ] * nPad ) + result