Address starting with “addr1”
- Coin
- Cardano (ADA)
- Type
- Shelley payment address, Bech32 (CIP-19)
- Length
- 58 (enterprise) or 103 (base) characters
- Confused with
- stake1… is a reward address, not for receiving ADA. Ae2… and DdzFF… are old Byron addresses.
The checker reads the header byte and says which kind of address it is.
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Public examples
Valid format and checksumCardano · Base address (payment key + stake key)
Bech32 checksum matches
Parts of this address
- 1Prefix
addr“addr” — a payment address.
- 2Separator
1The last 1 separates the prefix from the data.
- 3Header
qThe first character carries the address type (header byte, CIP-19).
- 4Hashes
x2fxv…wfgs28-byte payment and/or stake credential hashes.
- 5Checksum
e35a3x6 characters, a BCH code over the prefix and data.
Details
- Network
- Cardano
- Type
- Base address (payment key + stake key)
- Encoding
- Bech32
- Length
- 103 characters · 57 bytes
- Checksum
- matches
- Header byte
- 0x01
Watch out
Nothing specific to this format. The general rule below still holds.
What this does not proveA valid format only means the address is well-formed. It does not show who controls it or that it is the address the recipient gave. Compare the whole address with the source and send a small test amount first.
FAQ
What coin uses addresses starting with addr1?
Cardano (ADA). Shelley payment address, Bech32 (CIP-19).
What can a addr1 address be confused with?
stake1… is a reward address, not for receiving ADA. Ae2… and DdzFF… are old Byron addresses.