this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2025
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Depends on client but yeah you can absolutely send a transaction(and thus lose your coins) to a non-existent address that fits the format of addresses and there's zero protection from fat-fingering an address that is one char off from another
Incredible technology
When I've used it payment has been through QR code. I use cash app for my bitcoin payments so I guess it's different for anyone who has their own coins though.