Bitcoin Cash address example

Bitcoin Cash has two address types and two address formats, from old to new:

• Legacy, pay-to-pubkey-hash (P2PKH).
• Script, pay-to-script-hash (P2SH).
• Legacy, pay-to-pubkey-hash (P2PKH) in Cash Address (CashAddr) format.
• Script, pay-to-script-hash (P2SH) in Cash Address (CashAddr) format.

So, if you send BCH to the Legacy address but in CashAddr format, your coins will also be visible on the Legacy address. The format of the address doesn't matter; the public key behind the address is the same.

Bitcoin Cash address examples:

The prefix "bitcoincash:" in CashAddr is optional. Receiving transactions is possible with any address. Using the most recent address type, however, will result in a slightly lower network fee.