[Meta] proposal — a flair for confirmations posts
proposal — a flair for confirmations posts. Comments open, and the wording is genuinely up for discussion.
Nearly sent on the wrong network. The token symbol was identical and the address format was the only clue.
Sent a test amount first on a large order. Cost me a fraction of a percent and I have done it every time since.
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.
Would rather be corrected in public than confident in private.
best — the order this archive was captured in
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.
A token symbol identifies an asset, not a network. The same symbol commonly exists on several chains with incompatible address formats, and sending across that boundary is generally unrecoverable.
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.
A test transaction costs one extra network fee and verifies the address, the network and the recipient’s crediting process before the main amount moves.
A test transaction costs one extra network fee and verifies the address, the network and the recipient’s crediting process before the main amount move
Disagreeing here: that is a network fee at a busy hour and it is not the supplier’s doing.
screenshot the transaction hash, not the wallet balance
the same token exists on several chains and they are not interchangeable
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.