the USDC thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down
the USDC thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down, 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 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.
Sent to the right address on the wrong chain years ago. Nothing to be done. That is the lesson I paid for.
Screenshot none of this. Read the whole thread, including the parts where I am told I am wrong.
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.
Which networks did they list as accepted?
Same. Asking which networks are accepted before ordering has saved me twice.
Got a quote with a fifteen-minute expiry and assumed it was a pressure tactic. It was just a held rate.
a payment sent on the wrong network is usually gone
Escrow is not standard in this space. Wanting it is reasonable; expecting it as default is not.
Yes — the same token symbol on two chains catches people constantly and it is unrecoverable.
Escrow is not standard in this space.
Agreed — and the hash is the receipt. Nothing else is.
Keep every transaction hash in a note file with the order reference. It has resolved two queries instantly.
network and address, checked twice, before anything else
Not convinced. That fee is the network fee at that hour, and it has nothing to do with the supplier.
the supplier cannot reverse it and neither can you
Yes — gas is the network’s, not the supplier’s, and conflating them produces a lot of unfair complaints.
Wallet address redacted from the post above. Hashes are fine here; addresses are not.
Agreed that quote expiry is ordinary. Rates move and a time-limited quote is not a pressure tactic on its own.