does crypto actually matter or is it forum lore at this point
does crypto actually matter or is it forum lore at this point. I would rather ask a basic question now than get this wrong quietly for two months. Got a quote with a fifteen-minute expiry and assumed it was a pressure tactic. It was just a held rate. Sent to the right address on the wrong chain years ago. Nothing to…
Yes — the same token symbol on two chains catches people constantly and it is unrecoverable.
Moved from the vendor board. Payment mechanics live here.
send a test amount first if the total is large
Pasted rather than typed the address, then checked the first and last six characters. Habit now.
the supplier cannot reverse it and neither can you
A token symbol identifies an asset, not a network. The same symbol commonly exists on several chains with incompatible address formats, and sending across that boundary is generally unrecoverable.
keep the hash, it is the only receipt that exists
Agreed. Network first, address second, amount third, and in that order every time.
Confirmations are the count of blocks built on top of the one containing your transaction. Until there are some, the transaction is not settled in any meaningful sense.
A test transaction costs one extra network fee and verifies the address, the network and the recipient’s crediting process before the main amount moves.
Small fix — that is the network fee, not a supplier charge. The distinction matters for the complaint you are making.