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@@ -556,6 +556,12 @@ Implementations SHOULD encode and decode the backup using Base64 (RFC 4648).[^ps
PSBT (BIP174) is commonly exchanged as a Base64 string, so wallet software
likely already supports this representation.
### File Extension
Backups saved to a file SHOULD use the `.bip138` file extension, whether the file
contains the raw binary encoding or its Base64 text representation. A Base64 backup
MAY instead use the `.txt` extension.
## Rationale
See footnotes throughout the specification for design rationale.