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

## How do I recognize a taproot address?

### Different prefix

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

***bc1q…***

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

***bc1p…***

Pay to script hash (P2SH) starts with a:

***3…***

Legacy Bitcoin addresses start with a:

***1…***

### Ordinals

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


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