[PSA] never post a wallet address here. not yours, not theirs.
Explainer, as requested in the last thread: never post a wallet address here. not yours, not theirs.
The one mistake that cannot be undone, and why it keeps happening.
The same token symbol exists on multiple chains. The wallet interface shows you the symbol prominently and the network in small type. Sending on the wrong chain to an address that looks perfectly valid usually means the funds are unrecoverable by either party.
The protection is procedural rather than technical: confirm the network in writing with the recipient before sending, verify the address format matches that network, and send a small test first. None of that requires understanding the chain — it requires treating the network field as the most important thing on the screen, which the interface design does not encourage.
The sequence that makes this boring, which is the goal.
Ask which networks are accepted before you order. Pick the one with a sensible fee at that hour. Paste the address rather than typing it and verify the first and last several characters. Check whether the chain requires a memo. Send a test amount if the total is large. Wait for confirmations before treating anything as done. Save the transaction hash with the order reference.
Seven steps, most of them seconds long, and between them they eliminate every failure mode that gets posted on this board.
Sent to the right address on the wrong chain years ago. Nothing to be done. That is the lesson I paid for.
Corrections welcome, especially the pedantic ones. Pedantry is how this board earns its reputation.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Which network, exactly?
Which network, exactly?
This is the check that prevents the only genuinely unrecoverable mistake in this thread.
Confirmation took forty minutes on a busy evening and I had already written half an angry message. Deleted it.
Network fees are set by chain congestion at the time of sending. They are paid to the network, not to the recipient, and they vary by hour as well as by chain.
Keep every transaction hash in a note file with the order reference. It has resolved two queries instantly.
Push back: an unconfirmed transaction is not a missing payment. Wait for confirmations before escalating.
Rate quotes expire because the underlying rate moves. A short expiry is ordinary; urgency about your decision is a separate signal and should be read separately.
nobody legitimate needs the payment in the next ten minutes
Pasted rather than typed the address, then checked the first and last six characters. Habit now.
Disagree — a quote expiry is normal when a rate is being held. Pressure to decide immediately is a different thing.
Small fix — that is the network fee, not a supplier charge. The distinction matters for the complaint you are making.
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.
network and address, checked twice, before anything else
Correction: that address format is not the chain you named. Worth checking before anybody follows this.
I would not treat a delayed confirmation as evidence of anything at all. Chains have busy hours.
Asked which networks CPC accepted before ordering and picked the cheapest one at that hour. Saved more than the difference in price.
Escrow is not standard in this space. Wanting it is reasonable; expecting it as default is not.
Some chains require a memo or destination tag to route funds to the right account. Omitting it on those chains is one of the more common ways payments go astray.
Retitled from an accusation to a description while the confirmations catch up.
Which networks did they list as accepted?
This. A test transaction on a large order costs a fraction of the fee and removes the whole class of risk.
Careful, that address format belongs to a different chain and sending to it would not end well.
keep the hash, it is the only receipt that exists
What is and is not the supplier’s fault, since this board generates unfair complaints.
Not theirs: the network fee, chain congestion, confirmation time, the rate moving between quote and send, and a payment sent on the wrong chain. Theirs: which networks they accept, how quickly they credit a confirmed payment, and whether the address they gave you was correct and communicated clearly.
Keeping those columns separate makes the reports here far more useful. A thread titled "supplier took my payment" that turns out to describe forty minutes of unconfirmed transaction helps nobody and follows people around for years.
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