Explaining Bitcoin addresses
Similar to an email address, a Bitcoin address, or simply address, is used to receive and hold bitcoin. While people typically have one primary email address, Bitcoin users have many addresses. They are created at no cost by your Bitcoin wallet each time you request to receive money. Anyone with access to a Bitcoin wallet can create an unlimited number of addresses.
Bitcoin addresses usually have 26-35 characters and are case sensitive, as in the following example:
1MgErLiH1DuGMrd58fuL4CLQHc4VSboqKn
The address can contain numbers and letters, both uppercase and lowercase. To help reduce confusion, there are no capital O's, zeros 0's, lower case l's, and capital 'I's'. These characters are removed to reduce the errors ...
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