How do I recognize an Ordinals Inscriptions (Taproot) address?

How do I recognize a taproot address?

Taproot addresses are used for Ordinal inscriptions, these addresses are a different type of native SegWit address starting with the prefix:

bc1q…

Native SegWit Bech32 addresses, aka, Pay to Witness Public Key Hash (P2WPKH) with v0 address start with the prefix.

bc1p…

Pay to script hash (P2SH) starts with a:

3…

Legacy Bitcoin addresses start with a:

1…

When you want to send ordinals to your wallet always use a Taproot address.

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