By default, BTC and LTC segwit addresses both begin with 3
Before segwit, LTC addresses always began with an L and BTC addresses began with a 1, which prevented users from accidentally mixing up bitcoin and litecoin addresses. With segwit, they both use a common prefix of 3 by default, and the addresses are "compatible" in the sense that you can accidentally send bitcoin to a litecoin segwit address and vice-versa.
Several users sent Litecoin to a Bitcoin deposit address at BlockTrades
We've had a couple users make this mistake: they got a bitcoin deposit address from https://blocktrades.us, then they sent litecoin to that address from their litecoin wallet or exchange. Unfortunately, the wallets and exchanges can't tell that the litecoin is being sent to our bitcoin wallet that won't see the litecoin transaction. This means we get no notifications that anything has gone wrong until the user contacts us and asks us about his litecoin transaction.
We've been manually handling such mistakes, but it's very time-consuming for everyone concerned because it requires keys to be moved between wallets, so please if you're sending bitcoin or litecoin, double check that you have the correct address type.
Potential issue when specifying your receive address too
When you input a receive address into BlockTrades, it's important to make sure it is of the correct type also. So if you want to receive Litecoin be sure you get a litecoin deposit address from your exchange or wallet, and make sure the Send type is Litecoin on our site. All obvious instructions I'm sure, but doesn't hurt to double check before you transact.
Hi @blocktrades I've just sent Litecoin from coinbase to a Litecoin wallet for the first time on BlockTrades. The transaction is still pending hours later & the option to send Litecoin was still available. When I refreshed the page, a message appeared saying: "Steem delegation purchases disabled until current pre-orders are filled". Does this mean my order is a pre-order that is waiting to be filled or is my money lost forever?
Great question!!
There's no option to trade SBD/Steem on blocktrades.. this is weird.. hey @blocktrades what's your statement on this?
this post reminds me of a bad experience that has beenfall me since joining this platform. I have sent a steem by using 317 steem with sbd memo. and this has been a nightmare for me in bittrex. I can not say much. I just keep trying and praying. but I just joined a few days ago on this platform. and I have shared bad news that hit me through my introductory postings. hopefully this will be solved. thanks so much sir.
hi @blocktrades
I totally agree with your speech
the user's error habits at the time of delivery, in a hurry, so they forget to control the entire delivery process, including forgetting to enter the memo.
as it is often a user error, when making a submission.
thank you for remembering
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@blocktrades thanks for updating on this issue that happened recently between bitcoin and litecoin addresses, hopefully the message gets to this people and the future ones to avoid the same thing happen.
I just sent you a message via the Wallet, because I made a big comment on the previous post you made 5 days ago (https://steemit.com/blocktrades/@blocktrades/blocktrades-re-enables-steem-power-delegations-limited-availability).
I wanted to let you know, Today, I posted Chapter 4 of 11: Understanding How to Keep our Steemit and Steem Cryptocurrency Account Safe - How to Use the 5 Different Passwords - This is part 4 of the 11 Chapters (Full Guide) to help new people make their way on the platform.
I mentioned you in this Chapter in part #2 and how @blocktrades can help keep our funds safer by using less passwords!
Here is the link to this new Chapter/post:
https://steemit.com/steem/@gold84/chapter-4-of-11-understanding-how-to-keep-our-steemit-and-steem-cryptocurrency-account-safe-how-to-use-the-5-different-passwords
Huge thanks to you for inspiring me to continue doing this chapters, and for all your support!
Looking forward to hear from you with your additions, knowledge and experience in any of the Chapters!
Regards, @gold84
Can you please give me my 10 Steem back that I sent you?
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I contacted Bittrex and they said they didn't receive. I logged in to BlockTrades.us and it is not in the completed or pending transaction.
This is real issue, thanks @blocktrades for this timely alert....
I almost made the same mistake when I was funding my account. Please everybody be cautious then working with wallets of any kind!
My LTC segwit addresses start with M
yes, this is an option that can be set in litecoin wallet, but unfortunately 3's also work.
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I didnt know about that, thanks for the advise!
That would be really crazy. Everyone must double check the type and address before transaction.
You need to tell him to STOP sending Litecoins to addresses starting with 3, but rather use a new format which starts with M! Same problem happened with coinbase..
yes, litecoin can use the M for segwit, but this does't prevent users from trying to send litecoin to an address with a 3, which is the mistake some of our users have made.
Hi brother @blocktrades
Happy day . Thanks for help from our service team
But on another inquiry, 6,500 STEEM POWER were purchased on 30/12/2017
When will the receipt of the authorization be received
Hope you a happy day
Thanks for the reminder. You guys have saved me from my mistakes more than once. You have amazing support!
I have got into the habit of checking three times that I have done everything correctly during a trade. Pro tip: never rush to get things done with blockchain technology...sometimes mistakes are hard to reverse!
thanks @blocktrades for information, this is a very valuable lesson for all of us. with inadequacy can lead to errors in transactions. thank you for sharing useful post 👍👍👍
Please can he break it down for beginers to understand.
thank you @blocktrade for this notification information
Can you please help me with this transaction that I never recieved?
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I contacted Bittrex and they said to ask you if i's confirmed on the blockchain.
I just logged in to my account on Blocktrades.us and the transaction is not showing up in the completed section and there are no pending transactions.
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Thank you for information ... i want to ask you when you will provide delegations ...because this time i missed (i'm not in que)....if you have any idea please tell me?
The btc is back to 11000 dolars.
@blocktrades
Why isnt there Steem and Steem Dolar in the dropdown menu. I cant sell or buy it
Yo soy nuevo en este mundo y informaciones como estas son de gran importancia.. gracias
I am very careful about sending to the correct address, even with tiny amounts - and so should everyone else. 0.01 LTC or 100 LTC, it's worth the time to make sure you're sending to the correct address. Great speech!
These are the kind of headaches we aren't supposed to be causing anymore.
Right?!
Is it something wrong? I changed SBD into steem 15 minutes ago and transaction didn't went thrue, and I didn't get Steem beck. Usaly this transaction takes few seconds.
It says - Steem wallet temporarily unreachable, cannot validate address now. ????
blocktrades showing this message! "Steem delegation purchases disabled until current pre-orders are filled".Hopefully the problem will be resolved very quickly.
Please, can I know the difference between the two?
Great information @blocktrades
that's a costly mistake! I feel sad for those guys.
It's not cost our customers anything but time so far: assuming it wasn't a very small amount, we're recovering it. But it does cost us a lot of time to do it. And I guess what's more dangerous is if they make this mistake on an exchange, I think at least some exchanges don't necessarily recover funds in such cases (I think I read at least one that had such a policy).
This is an important information which may save people from loss so I will resteem it right now. I would say from personal experiece that using Litecoin is better than using Bitcoin due to economy and speed. Blocktrades.us is an amazing service for Steemians particularly!
Wow... What a huge mistake, quite tedious for you all to handle.. Pele(A local dialect for sorry).
Great information to know, Thank You @blocktrades!
Good post @blocktrades
Good post
Very good post very interesting information
Thank you for the warning.
very good information, because now a lot of uses, because of the price factor @blocktrades
Thanks for the information. It is so easy to mix things up if they look so similar. Litecoin has been hailed by many as the true heir to bitcoins throne as the king of all cryptocurrencies
We need to be careful for each transaction at the end it is all about money.
Aah thanks for the info buddy
If you would mind take a look at my post
https://steemit.com/adventure/@ashkanco/introduction
thank you for sharing! will this be addressed?
sounds like a easy fix?
@blocktrades .. Thank you so for this... I really didn't know this because I expected that when someone try unintentionally , to send litecoin to bitcoin wallet , will popop a warning or error message.. #you guys should make it that way if it makes sense .. #thanks again
@blocktrades another time thank you!
thanks @blocktrades has shared good information
I suggest @blocktrades should put a warning sign on the page of every transaction to alert users that there might be something wrong that they need to cross-check
How can this issue be resolved for it to show the transactions.?
Hey @blocktrades will you be using bech32 address for btc when core releases it on February-March? ~~~ embed:Bitcoin/comments/7lm6e3/full_segwit_plus_bech32_is_coming_to_the_official/?st=jbk0pr7i&sh=f58a5427 reddit metadata:fEJpdGNvaW58aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmVkZGl0LmNvbS9yL0JpdGNvaW4vY29tbWVudHMvN2xtNmUzL2Z1bGxfc2Vnd2l0X3BsdXNfYmVjaDMyX2lzX2NvbWluZ190b190aGVfb2ZmaWNpYWwvP3N0PWpiazBwcjdpJnNoPWY1OGE1NDI3fA== ~~~
I hope that everyone will take care to read carefully what they are doing in the future, but probably not. It's human nature to be in a rush to get things done. too bad that it causes so much work for others. :-(
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STOPCan you please give me the transaction number for this?
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I contacted Bittrex and they said they don't think it's confirmed.
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