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diff --git a/unitproc/bknpass b/unitproc/bknpass
index 4f53da0..c9643ce 100755
--- a/unitproc/bknpass
+++ b/unitproc/bknpass
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Date: 2020-01-20T16:34Z
-#
 # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval (baltakatei.com)
 #
 # License: This bash script, `bknpass`, is licensed under GPLv3 or
 # later by Steven Baltakatei Sandoval:
 #
 #    `bknpass`, an alphanumeric password generator
-#    Copyright (C) 2020  Steven Baltakatei Sandoval (baltakatei.com)
+#    Copyright (C) 2021  Steven Baltakatei Sandoval (baltakatei.com)
 #
 #    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -34,8 +32,8 @@
 #   - Check if user-provided string is an integer using `bash` regular
 #     expression test.
 #
-#   - Calculate the minimum number of alphanumeric characters required
-#     to encode the specified number of bits of entropy.
+#   - Calculate the minimum number of bech32 base32 characters
+#     required to encode the specified number of bits of entropy.
 #
 #       - This step uses `bc` to calculate a logarithm float string
 #         and `awk` to convert the float into an integer, rounding up.
@@ -47,6 +45,10 @@
 #   - Use `echo` to display the passphrase in stdout with a trailing
 #     newline.
 #
+# Usage: bknpass [int]
+#
+# Example: bknpass 256
+#
 # Dependencies: bash, echo, bc, awk, tr, head. See end of file
 #
 # Tested on:
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@
 
 #==Initialization==
 
-let ALPHABET_SIZE="26+26+10" # number of unique chars in [:alnum:], argument fed to `tr -c` in 'Generate passphrase' step)
+let ALPHABET_SIZE="32" # number of unique chars in bech32 base32 charset, argument fed to `tr -c` in 'Generate passphrase' step)
 LOG_BASE=2 # Set logarithm base to 2
 
 # Define `echoerr` function which outputs text to stderr
@@ -65,10 +67,11 @@ function echoerr {
     echo "$@" 1>&2;
 }
 
-# Define `rpass` function which generates an alphanumeric passphrase of length $1 (ex: `rpass 22` generates a 22-char string)
-    # Note: function adapted from https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/04/unix-bash-function-examples/
+# Define `rpass` function which generates a base32 passphrase of length $1 (ex: `rpass 22` generates a 22-char string)
+#   Note: function adapted from https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/04/unix-bash-function-examples/
+#   Note: base32 charset uses bech32 charset
 function rpass {
-    cat /dev/urandom | LC_ALL=C tr -cd "[:alnum:]" | head -c ${1:-22}
+    cat /dev/urandom | LC_ALL=C tr -cd "qpzry9x8gf2tvdw0s3jn54khce6mua7l" | head -c ${1:-22}
 }
 
 
@@ -148,6 +151,13 @@ echo -e "$PASS1"
 #   Date: 2010-04-21
 #   Date Accessed: 2020-01-20
 #
+# - Bech32 base32 charset
+#   https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0173.mediawiki
+#   Author: Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>
+#   Date: 2017-03-20
+#   License: BSD-2-Clause
+#   Date: Accessed: 2021-01-23
+#
 # - Dependencies: bash, echo, bc, awk, tr, head.
 #
 #     - GNU bash, version 5.0.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)