Does Ethereum addresses have checksum ?

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• Coiner Member Posts: 17 ✭

  August 2014

  If I got it right, they are not (address can be any 256bit combination).
  
  The question though is that it would probably make sense to have a *literal form* containing checksum, and encourage humans to use that literal form.

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• StephanTual London, EnglandMember, Moderator Posts: 1,282 mod

  August 2014

  You can't send to an invalid address (i.e. incorrect format) , however you can send to *any* valid address. This is useful because it allows to generate one offline and send to that (cold storage).

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