Wallet address checker
Crypto
Paste an address from a post, a website or a message. The tool checks that it is written correctly for the network you choose, tests the checksum where the format has one, and can compare it with the address you expected.
Choose the network and paste the address
What the address shows
Checksum does not match
- Network you chose
- Ethereum
- Address type
- EVM account or contract address
- Checksummed address (EIP-55)
- 0x5aAeb6053F3E94C9b9A09f33669435E7Ef1BeAed
The mixed upper and lower case letters do not match the EIP-55 checksum, which usually means a character was changed. Copy the address again from its original source before using it.
Open in EtherscanA valid format does not show who controls the address, whether it has been used or whether it is safe to send to. The explorer shows its activity; a label there is the explorer's own claim.
Only the text you entered was checked. No balance or history was fetched.
How to read it
Get the address from its owner
A project's address should come from its own documentation, site or verified account, not from a reply, a direct message or an ad. Compare the full address with that source.
Compare every character, not the ends
Address-poisoning scams create look-alike addresses that share the first and last characters with a real one, then place them in your transaction history. Use the comparison field, or compare the whole string.
Read the explorer, then return to the claim
The explorer shows balances, transfers and contract code. A name tag there is the explorer's label. It does not prove that a person in a post controls the address.
Keep the conclusion within the evidence
- This tool checks how the address is written. It does not show whether the address is used, who controls it or whether it is safe to send to.
- A valid checksum catches typos. It does not detect a different, correctly written address.
- All-lowercase or all-uppercase EVM addresses carry no checksum, so a changed character cannot be detected.
Sources and next reads
- EIP-55: mixed-case checksum address encoding
- BIP 173: Base32 address format (bech32)
- BIP 350: bech32m for SegWit version 1+ addresses
- Solana accounts and addresses
- Ethereum.org: security and scam prevention
- Look up a transaction hash
Open a transaction in the right explorer with a short reading guide.
- Read security researchers and investigators
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