Questions tagged [payment-id]
A Payment ID is an encrypted, arbitrary and optional transaction attachment that consists of 8 bytes. A Payment ID is usually used to identify transactions to merchants and exchanges: Given the intrinsic privacy features built into Monero, where a single public address is often used for incoming transactions, a Payment ID is useful to tie incoming payments with user accounts.
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Transaction from suprnova to local gui wallet failed
over the weekend I installed the newest XMR gui wallet (windows 10) and imported my old (2014) wallet file into it. Daemon synced over the weekend, all looked good.
Yesterday night I decided to cash ...
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I forgot to enter a payment ID [closed]
I just entered the wallet ID but not entered a payment ID. How can I recover my payment ? Please help me.
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Why is the wallet-GUI Payment ID field not accepting an ID?
Wallet GUI 10.3.1
Linux Mint 18.1, 64 bit
Send and Address book tab appear to reject any payment ID I put in there. Send will only allow me to send when there is no payment ID.
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i send my monero without payment id
about 1hours 30min ago i sent my monero from bter.com to bittrex.
but i didn't wrote my payment id. bittrex say that i have to wait about 2 weeks
but i am very urgent my money.
can i get some help?
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Forgot to use Payement ID when transferring eth to Monero
I forgot to send a Payment ID from Eth to Monero (via ShapeShift) and now the monero doesn't show up in my wallet (I use Monero's own wallet). ShapeShift says it is up to the monero wallet support to ...
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Bitfinex asks for 64 character payment ID to withdraw, but the wallet generates shorter ones
When withdrawing Monero from Bitfinex, they ask for a 64 character payment ID.
The payment IDs generated by the official wallet are much too short.
Should I be using the integrated address, with no ...
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What is a payment ID, and why is it used?
Several exchanges require a payment ID for deposits and withdraws. What is a payment ID in Monero, and why is it used?
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How can I set a payment ID of 64 characters hex on wallet cli?
I´ve been asked to send a 64 digit payment ID. I used the command:
integrated_address
but it shows only the 16 digit payment ID. Thanks! :)
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Open alias integrated address
Open Alias addresses are great. Integrated addresses are great. But is it possible to add a payment ID to an Open Alias address? eg:
donate@getmonero.com#057980027d4b36df
Or something else?
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Why does the address change after putting it in the GUI wallet's address book?
I used the GUI wallet's address book to store an address. When I added the address, the address was changed.
It went from 4Gdo... to 46w8M... the monero was sent and is confirmed on the blockchain, ...
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Do you think Monero Payments are ok?
I'm not sure if a website that pays their users Monero can be trusted.
Zagtor is mining different coins each time and paying daily their users according to the hashrate. As a fan of Monero, I think ...
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Given a view key, can you see payment ids?
So the view key allows you to see all past and future incoming transfers for the corresponding address. Are you able to read a payment id belonging to a transfer if one was set? Is the answer the same ...
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How to send XMR from Minergate to Poloniex?
sorry total newb here. I've been mining Monero after seeing the talk at Coinbase. Really like what you guys are doing. Now I'm trying to send my XMR from Minergate to Poloniex. My Deposit address ...
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What is an integrated address?
Some exchanges use integrated addresses, but what are they, and what are they useful for? Should they be used over regular addresses?
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Is it possible to embed message for recipient in transaction?
I would like to embed human-readable short text message to outgoing transaction such that only the receiver can read it. May be reasonably short. Something similar like in wire transfer when sending ...
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What is the regex for a Monero address or Payment ID? [duplicate]
What is the best, most correct way of regex'ing the address and payment ID for Monero?
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Why is the payment ID specified on a per TX basis?
I understand that the payment ID is stored in the tx-extra field. Only one payment ID can be specified when sending, even when sending to multiple addresses, because it's specified on a per-tx basis.
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Is it possible to avoid Monero address re-use without having to create a new wallet for each transaction?
I understand that currently, if an user wants to avoid re-using Monero addresses to avoid off-chain linkability (ie same address used for withdrawal from 2 exchanges and the exchanges releasing their ...
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Which payment ID to receive XMR on an address generated with moneroaddress.org?
I created an address with a local copy of MoneroAddress.org (based on a custom entropy string, which I stored securely) and I want to send some XMR there.
The sending client asks for the address and ...
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How do payment ids work?
In particular, how do the encrypted ones work cryptographically.
I'm guessing they are based on the shared secret.
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Can I specify a payment ID when using the sweep_all command?
Is it possible to use a payment id with the sweep_all command, and if so, is the syntax simply:
sweep_all address payment_id
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What is the minimum length of Payment ID?
On the official web site it says that Payment ID
consists of 32 bytes (64 hexadecimal characters) or 8 bytes (in the case of integrated addresses).
Can it be less? If no, why?
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Is there any security risk to using a nonrandom encrypted payment id?
With plaintext payment ids, you should a random payment id. Using a nonrandom one can affect your and other parties privacy.
Is this still a risk with payment id? Or could you include messages in the ...
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How are the various tx-extra types/formats used?
Reading the code, I see that transactions can contain an unlimited number of tx_extra_field items.
tx_extra_field is defined in src/cryptonote_core/tx_extra.h as a union of a few possible types, ...
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Will integrated addresses ultimately replace payment IDs?
Is there a plan to remove the option to generate a payment ID not using the form of an integrated address?
If not, what are the advantages of allowing a payment ID separate from the receiving address?...
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How can I create (random) payment IDs?
If I want to give a new payment ID to each customer what tools can I use to do so automatically?
Is there a way to generate a (random) payment ID using simplewallet or bitmonerod?
What are the ...
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