three years of USDC threads, summarised so you do not have to read them
three years of USDC threads, summarised so you do not have to read them, which sounds obvious until you try to state the evidence for it. Pasted rather than typed the address, then checked the first and last six characters. Habit now. The sequence that makes this boring, which is the goal. Ask which networks are…
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.
keep the hash, it is the only receipt that exists
Yes — the same token symbol on two chains catches people constantly and it is unrecoverable.
Yes — gas is the network’s, not the supplier’s, and conflating them produces a lot of unfair complaints.
Correction: that address format is not the chain you named. Worth checking before anybody follows this.
send a test amount first if the total is large
the memo field matters on the chains that use one