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About your multi-chain and legacy addresses
FabioMorais87
FabioMorais87
and
cheny0
jorge-campo
on Dec 18, 2024

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Currenly, you can only share your multi-chain addresses from the Status mobile app.

If you use a multi-chain address to send or receive crypto, you can choose faster and cheaper blockchains, such as Arbitrum or Optimism. This helps you save on gas fees and complete transactions more quickly.

In essence, your legacy and multi-chain addresses are the same address. If you plan to use Ethereum for your crypto transactions, you can ignore the multi-chain address.

The key difference between your legacy and multi-chain addresses is that your multi-chain address lists the blockchain networks you want to receive crypto on.

These illustrations show examples of address configurations in the Status multi-chain wallet.

A A legacy address used solely for Ethereum.

B A multi-chain address combining Optimism and Arbitrum sidechains.

C A fully integrated multi-chain address, combining Ethereum and the Optimism and Arbitrum sidechains.

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Notice that the only difference between the legacy and multi-chain addresses are the chain-specific prefixes. The base address is the same.

You can edit your multi-chain address to reflect your preferred chains for receiving crypto. For example, if you're using Ethereum mainnet and Optimism but not Arbitrum, your multi-chain address can show that preference.

  1. 1
    From the tab bar, tap
    Wallet
    .
  2. 2
    Select the account you want to receive crypto and tap
    Receive
    .
  3. 3
    Select
    Multichain
     or
    Legacy
    . For your multi-chain address, tap
    Edit
     to choose which chains you want your multi-chain address to feature.
  4. 4
    Share your address with the person you want to receive crypto from.
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Only share your multi-chain address with someone whose wallet supports the same networks. If their wallet doesn't support these networks, they can't send or receive assets correctly using your multi-chain address.
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To learn how to share your Wallet address with a Status Community, check out Join a community.
Updated by
Fabiomorais87
Fabiomorais87on Dec 18, 2024
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