<p>The previous answer, while correct, is outdated. While BitPay did use a proprietary format early on, we quickly adopted the CashAddr format for Bitcoin Cash/BCH transactions.</p>

<p>Example: bitcoincash:pqkh9ahfj069qv8l6eysyufazpe4fdjq3u4hna323j</p>

<p>You can use our address translator to get the correct format for any address (<a href="https://bitpay.github.io/address-translator" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitpay.github.io/address-translator</a>).</p>

<p>References: <a href="https://blog.bitpay.com/cashaddr-bch-format/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://blog.bitpay.com/cashaddr-bch-format/</a></p>

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2018-05-07T15:21:51.817Z
2018-05-07T18:08:27.960Z
2018-05-07T18:08:27.960Z
KarlAtBitPay
<p>It's a new address format for Bitcoin Cash proposed by BitPay, to prevent BTC/BCC address confusion. It's not widely used, currently.</p>

<ul>
<li><p>The old addresses that start with <code>1</code> (P2PKH) are converted to addresses that start with <code>C</code></p></li>
<li><p>The old addresses that start with <code>3</code> (P2SH) are converted to addresses that start with <code>H</code></p></li>
</ul>

<p>You can use this "address translator" to translate the addresses: <a href="https://bitpay.github.io/address-translator/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitpay.github.io/address-translator/</a></p>

<p>References:</p>

<p>BitPay blog post: <a href="https://support.bitpay.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004671663-BitPay-s-Adopted-Conventions-for-Bitcoin-Cash-Addresses-URIs-and-Payment-Requests" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://support.bitpay.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004671663-BitPay-s-Adopted-Conventions-for-Bitcoin-Cash-Addresses-URIs-and-Payment-Requests</a></p>

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2017-10-22T08:55:24.523Z
It’s worth noting that this really should have happened earlier, BCash sharing the version bytes with bitcoin was to intentionally cause confusion.
Claris
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2017-10-22T07:17:41.030Z
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MCCCS
<p>My CoPay wallet shows my Bitcoin Cash address as <code>CTGUTUgVAwHugpf4CyyjAvj8DCFkE4tpEq</code>. What's going on? I thought both Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash addresses start with <code>1</code> or <code>3</code>?</p>

<address><bitcoin-cash><bitpay><copay><address-format>
BitPay / Copay's Weird Bitcoin Cash Address Format
MCCCS
# BitPay / Copay's Weird Bitcoin Cash Address Format

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-22)

My CoPay wallet shows my Bitcoin Cash address as `CTGUTUgVAwHugpf4CyyjAvj8DCFkE4tpEq`. What's going on? I thought both Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash addresses start with `1` or `3`?

**Tags:** address, bitcoin-cash, bitpay, copay, address-format


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-05-07. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The previous answer, while correct, is outdated. While BitPay did use a proprietary format early on, we quickly adopted the CashAddr format for Bitcoin Cash/BCH transactions.

Example: bitcoincash:pqkh9ahfj069qv8l6eysyufazpe4fdjq3u4hna323j

You can use our address translator to get the correct format for any address (<https://bitpay.github.io/address-translator>).

References: <https://blog.bitpay.com/cashaddr-bch-format/>


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### Answer by username_0 on 2017-10-22. Score: 2

It's a new address format for Bitcoin Cash proposed by BitPay, to prevent BTC/BCC address confusion. It's not widely used, currently.

* The old addresses that start with `1` (P2PKH) are converted to addresses that start with `C`
* The old addresses that start with `3` (P2SH) are converted to addresses that start with `H`

You can use this "address translator" to translate the addresses: <https://bitpay.github.io/address-translator/>

References:

BitPay blog post: <https://support.bitpay.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004671663-BitPay-s-Adopted-Conventions-for-Bitcoin-Cash-Addresses-URIs-and-Payment-Requests>

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: It’s worth noting that this really should have happened earlier, BCash sharing the version bytes with bitcoin was to intentionally cause confusion.  

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