Bitcom Protocol Prefix space efficiency

[breavyn]

Currently a base58 encoded bitcoin address is used as a protocol identifier.

For example WeatherSV uses "1LtyME6b5AnMopQrBPLk4FGN8UBuhxKqrn", a 34 byte string. In its raw form, this data requires ~~25~~ 20 bytes.

Base58 Pro's - inbuilt checksum, human readable (kind of) Base58 Con's - it's big

Is it worth switching to the raw form for efficiencies sake?