Before I Send Crypto, I Read the Wallet Address Out Loud

Sounds silly, I know.

A friend watched me make a crypto payment recently and asked why I was reading parts of the wallet address out loud.

Because I’ve made the copy-and-paste mistake before.

Not with a huge amount, thankfully. But it taught me something: seeing a long string of letters and numbers can make your brain lazy. You glance at the first few characters and assume the rest is fine.

Now my routine is a little annoying.

Copy address.

Paste address.

Stop.

Check the beginning.

Check the middle.

Check the end.

Then check the network.

Only after that do I look at the Send button.

Why am I mentioning this on a scam forum?

Because fraudulent wallet addresses don’t always arrive with an obvious scam message. Sometimes the address comes from a fake support account. Sometimes payment instructions are changed halfway through a conversation. In other cases, someone is simply told, “Use this new address instead. The previous one has a problem.”

That last-minute change is where I’d become very cautious.

Another habit of mine is keeping the original payment message. If somebody later says, “We never gave you that wallet,” I still have the conversation showing exactly what was provided.

Maybe my checking routine is excessive.

But crypto transfers don’t care whether I was tired, distracted, or in a hurry.

Address first. Network second. Send last.

That’s my routine now.