do confirmations actually matter or is it forum lore at this point
Trying to get a straight answer on this: do confirmations actually matter or is it forum lore at this point.
The transaction hash is the canonical receipt: it is public, verifiable by either party, and it is what a support query should quote.
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.
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.
Corrections welcome, especially the pedantic ones. Pedantry is how this board earns its reputation.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Moved from the vendor board. Payment mechanics live here.
Memo requirements are chain-specific. The chain you are describing does not use one.
Was there a memo or tag requirement on that chain?
Yes — gas is the network’s, not the supplier’s, and conflating them produces a lot of unfair complaints.
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.
Got a quote with a fifteen-minute expiry and assumed it was a pressure tactic. It was just a held rate.
Sent to the right address on the wrong chain years ago. Nothing to be done. That is the lesson I paid for.
network and address, checked twice, before anything else
Which network, exactly?
This. A test transaction on a large order costs a fraction of the fee and removes the whole class of risk.
the same token exists on several chains and they are not interchangeable
the same token exists on several chains and they are not interchangeable
Disagreeing here: that is a network fee at a busy hour and it is not the supplier’s doing.
the memo field matters on the chains that use one
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.
Agreed. Network first, address second, amount third, and in that order every time.
Escrow is not standard in this space. Wanting it is reasonable; expecting it as default is not.
Careful, that address format belongs to a different chain and sending to it would not end well.
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