Address
wallet · technical
The destination you share to receive a cryptocurrency payment on a particular network.
1.general
An address tells a wallet where to send a payment. You can share it with a sender; it is not a private key and does not by itself let someone spend your funds. Addresses belong to particular networks, so matching the asset and network matters as well as matching the text.
2.technical
An address can encode a public-key hash, script hash, witness program, account identifier, or another payload together with network and checksum information. It does not necessarily contain a public key, and the full spending condition may be revealed only when funds are spent.
3.safety
Address checksums catch some typing errors but do not confirm the intended recipient. Verify the network, asset, complete destination, and any memo or tag required by the receiving service. Reusing one address can make transaction history easier to link.
The first-wallet walkthrough explains receiving and checking a payment.
Technical reference: CashAddr specification for Bitcoin Cash addresses.
Related terms
Public Key
→Cryptographic data used to verify signatures made by the corresponding private key.
cryptography · technical
Private Key
→A secret number used to sign transactions and prove permission to spend.
cryptography · security · wallet
CashAddr
→A Bitcoin Cash address format with a network prefix, Base32 payload, type information, and error-detecting checksum.
wallet · bitcoin-cash · standard
P2SH
→A script type where the output is locked to the hash of a redeem script, enabling features like multi-sig.
script · address
Transaction
→A record submitted to a blockchain to make a payment or another permitted change.
blockchain · technical
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