Send Crypto Check — Address, Network, and Memo
If you are about to press send, do the four matches first: coin, network, address, and memo — then a small test if the amount would hurt to lose.
Sending to
First time sending here?
Small test send first?
How bad if this vanished?
Does their deposit page ask for a memo or tag?
Guide
How to check a crypto send before you sign
It is a pre-flight list, not a wallet. You confirm the coin, the network name on the deposit page, where the address came from, whether a memo is required, and whether a small test is worth it. It cannot see the chain. It will never ask for a seed phrase.
A send check is four matches before you sign: the right coin, the right network, the right address, and a memo or destination tag when the receiver is an exchange that pools deposits. Copy the address; never type it. Then match the first four and last four characters to what the receiver showed you. Clipboard malware can swap a paste. XRP, XLM, ATOM, and a few others usually need a memo on exchange deposits; your own wallet usually does not. A few-dollar test confirms the route before the rest of a $2,000 USDC transfer leaves. Do not copy an address from old send history — lookalike poisoning addresses sit there on purpose. This page never asks for a seed phrase, private key, password, or 2FA. No legitimate tool will. If a site asks for those to “verify a send,” leave. Fees are a separate question once the network is the one they credit.
Example
How to send $2,000 USDC to an exchange
Match this on the board: USDC, Solana, an exchange, official app, first time, test not yet, “it would sting.”
- You send
- $2,000 USDC
- Network
- Solana
- Memo
- Usually none
- Test first
- About $5
- Then the rest
- $1,995
- Board until then
- Do not send yet
Flip the test send to yes after the $5 arrives. The board should go green. Then send the rest on the same network, to the same address, with the same memo if any.
| Step | In words | This send |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Test | Small amount, same coin, network, address, memo | About $5 |
| 2. Confirm | It arrives. Board can go green | Do not send yet until then |
| 3. Rest | Same route as the test | $1,995 |
Mistakes
Common mistakes before you send crypto
- Typing an address. One wrong character and it is gone. Paste, then check first four and last four.
- Trusting a QR screenshot in chat. Confirm on a second official channel.
- Copying from old history. That is how address poisoning works. Copy from the destination.
- Skipping the memo on XRP, XLM, or ATOM to an exchange. The coins arrive unnamed. You then need a ticket.
Limits
What a send crypto check cannot do
- It will not see the blockchain or prove who owns an address.
- It will not store what you paste.
- It will not ask for a seed phrase.
- It will not pick a cheap network — use cheapest-way once this list is green.
If the coins already left on the wrong chain, skip this page and use the wrong-network checker.
Keep going
Same toolkit, a different question — pick the next calculator.
FAQ
Questions people ask
Copy and paste — never type it. Then match the first four and last four characters to what the receiver showed you. Clipboard malware can swap a paste. Confirm the network name matches too.
A short code some exchanges need so they know which customer a deposit belongs to. XRP, XLM, ATOM, and a few others use them. Leaving it off parks the coins in a pooled wallet that needs a ticket. Your own wallet usually does not need one.
A few dollars confirms address, network, and memo before the rest leaves. If the test arrives, send the remainder. Skip it only when the whole amount is already small.
The paste stays in your browser. We show first and last four characters so you can match them. We never ask for a seed phrase, private key, password, or 2FA. If a site does, leave.
Address-poisoning scams put a lookalike in your history. Copy from the destination’s official app, not from a previous outgoing send.
Usually not. Open the exchange deposit page anyway. If they show a memo field, it is not optional. XRP, XLM, and ATOM are the coins that usually do need one.
Treat it like a chat address. Confirm on a second official channel, then check first four and last four. Screenshots get swapped.
No. It is a pre-flight list. Your wallet’s confirmation screen is the last check. Fees are a separate tool once the network is the one they credit.