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2023-10-26 17:43:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EA870E8F375D33102555566E33998C22F503FAD3CC58B89D6E6DC2904B181D8B
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The article claims that one can easily lose bitcoin by making a typo in the address. This is false, as bitcoin addresses contain a checksum that makes the chances of getting a correct address while making a typo ca 4 billion to one: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/194/what-happens-if-i-mistype-the-address-when-making-a-payment
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