A Bitcoin address, or simply address, is an identifier of 27-34 alphanumeric characters, beginning with the number 1, 3 or bc1, that represents a possible destination for a bitcoin payment. Addresses can be generated at no cost by any user of Bitcoin. It is also possible to get a Bitcoin address using an account at an exchange or online wallet service. Also you can generate it offline and store on paper or at any digital storage.
There are currently three address formats in use in Bitcoin mainnet:
Bitcoin Address Lookup
- P2PKH (Pay 2 Public Key Hash) which begin with the number 1
- P2SH (Pay 2 Script Hash) type starting with the number 3.
- Bech32 type starting with bc1.
Full list of Bitcoin address prefixes
| Example use | Leading symbol(s) | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Pubkey hash (P2PKH address) | 1 | 17VZNX1SN5NtKa8UQFxwQbFeFc3iqRYhem |
Script hash (P2SH address) SegWit Pay 2 Witness Public Key Hash (P2SH-P2WPKH) | 3 | 3EktnHQD7RiAE6uzMj2ZifT9YgRrkSgzQX |
| SegWit mainnet (P2WPKH address) | bc1 | bc1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kv8f3t4 |
| SegWit Testnet (P2WPKH address) | tb1 | tb1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kxpjzsx |
| SegWit mainnet (P2WSH address) | bc1 | bc1qrp33g0q5c5txsp9arysrx4k6zdkfs4nce4xj0gdcccefvpysxf3qccfmv3 |
| SegWit Testnet (P2WSH address) | tb1 | tb1qrp33g0q5c5txsp9arysrx4k6zdkfs4nce4xj0gdcccefvpysxf3q0sl5k7 |
| Private key (WIF, uncompressed pubkey) | 5 | 5Hwgr3u458GLafKBgxtssHSPqJnYoGrSzgQsPwLFhLNYskDPyyA |
| Private key (WIF, compressed pubkey) | K or L | L1aW4aubDFB7yfras2S1mN3bqg9nwySY8nkoLmJebSLD5BWv3ENZ |
| BIP32 pubkey | xpub | xpub661MyMwAqRbcEYS8w7XLSVeEsBXy79zSzH1J8vCdxAZningWLdN3 zgtU6LBpB85b3D2yc8sfvZU521AAwdZafEz7mnzBBsz4wKY5e4cp9LB |
| BIP32 private key | xprv | xprv9s21ZrQH143K24Mfq5zL5MhWK9hUhhGbd45hLXo2Pq2oqzMMo63o StZzF93Y5wvzdUayhgkkFoicQZcP3y52uPPxFnfoLZB21Teqt1VvEHx |
| Testnet pubkey hash | m or n | mipcBbFg9gMiCh81Kj8tqqdgoZub1ZJRfn |
| Testnet script hash | 2 | 2MzQwSSnBHWHqSAqtTVQ6v47XtaisrJa1Vc |
| Testnet Private key (WIF, uncompressed pubkey) | 9 | 92Pg46rUhgTT7romnV7iGW6W1gbGdeezqdbJCzShkCsYNzyyNcc |
| Testnet Private key (WIF, compressed pubkey) | c | cNJFgo1driFnPcBdBX8BrJrpxchBWXwXCvNH5SoSkdcF6JXXwHMm |
| Testnet BIP32 pubkey | tpub | tpubD6NzVbkrYhZ4WLczPJWReQycCJdd6YVWXubbVUFnJ5KgU5MDQrD9 98ZJLNGbhd2pq7ZtDiPYTfJ7iBenLVQpYgSQqPjUsQeJXH8VQ8xA67D |
| Testnet BIP32 private key | tprv | tprv8ZgxMBicQKsPcsbCVeqqF1KVdH7gwDJbxbzpCxDUsoXHdb6SnTPY xdwSAKDC6KKJzv7khnNWRAJQsRA8BBQyiSfYnRt6zuu4vZQGKjeW4YF |
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Visual bitcoin private key generator. The square 16x16 is used for generation purposes, where each cell is one bit - 0 or 1. Make your visual drawings or use the generator in coin mode just fllipping the coin and fill the corresponding cell depending on the coin outcome.