XMR Payout Format?

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Steve Sokolowski
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Re: XMR Payout Format?

by Steve Sokolowski · · Post #2394

The exchanges have two boxes because they have an "address" and a "payment ID." Here, you should enter the address only.

The "payment ID" allows the recipient to differentiate between who sent the payment to that address. The idea is that, instead of generating one address per customer, an exchange can generate one receive address and provide a different payment ID to each customer.

A payment ID is not required for transmitting money across the Monero network. Unless you are running an exchange, you can still receive money in your wallet without providing a payment ID.
loszhor
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Re: XMR Payout Format?

by loszhor · · Post #2406

Steve Sokolowski wrote:The exchanges have two boxes because they have an "address" and a "payment ID." Here, you should enter the address only.

The "payment ID" allows the recipient to differentiate between who sent the payment to that address. The idea is that, instead of generating one address per customer, an exchange can generate one receive address and provide a different payment ID to each customer.

A payment ID is not required for transmitting money across the Monero network. Unless you are running an exchange, you can still receive money in your wallet without providing a payment ID.
Thank you for the information.