If you've set up a Bitcoin Cash (BCH) wallet and added an address for sending crypto in your address book, there are some important considerations to remember regarding BCH addresses at Hata.
History of BCH
BCH was created in 2017 after a fork of Bitcoin (BTC), so BCH legacy address formats are the same as normal BTC address formats. To distinguish itself from BTC, and to avoid confusion and accidental mistakes when sending funds from one crypto platform to another, BCH introduced a new address called CashAddr (cash address format).
BCH Addresses
Hata uses the BCH CashAddr format with the "bitcoincash:" prefix and does not support legacy addresses. While the official CashAddr format includes the "bitcoincash:" prefix, some exchanges and wallets, exclude it.
Here’s the correct format to use:
Unsupported format
CashAddr (without prefix): pp06e7h69y8pk5hncew6j9yhmhx5478m55yhjm9zpu
Supported formats
CashAddr (with prefix): bitcoincash
Legacy: 3AQuLex6ip4knGSEfivnj4nuCLUEcfV38X
You will see an error message if you attempt to send BCH to legacy addresses.
Use the following tool to convert your legacy address to the new address format: https://cashaddr.bitcoincash.org
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