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Re: Just lost $4000 because of addresses starting with "bc1p"
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BlackBoss_
on 20/12/2022, 04:09:19 UTC
What is a Bitcoin address that starts with B?
Only B is not enough. Other shitcoins can have their addresses start with B too.

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You can identify the type of a bitcoin address by looking at the first letters of it. If it starts with "1", it's a legacy address. If it starts with "3", it's a P2SH address. If it starts with "bc1q", it's a native segwit and if the first 4 letters are "bc1p", it's a taproot address.Oct 18, 2021[/i]
Address types:
- Legacy: start with 1
- Nested Segwit: start with 3
- Native Segwit (also called as Bech32): start with bc1q
- Taproot (also called as Bech32m, a variant of Bech32): start with bc1p

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