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# Solana Address Usage Precautions

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When creating a new wallet in Solana, an address of 43 or 44 characters in length will be generated, both of which can be used normally. If you mistakenly remove any character from a 44-character address (or add a character to a 43-character address) while using it as a recipient address, it will still be a valid 43/44-character address. However, this modified address will not be associated with the original address/private key because it is not derived from the private key or mnemonic. This means that the corresponding private key or mnemonic cannot be found, effectively making it a "black hole" address.

Solana addresses are Base58 encoded without checksum, which can only validate the characters and length but cannot verify if the address has been altered. In contrast, TRON (Tron) also uses Base58 but includes a checksum, so any changes to the address will result in a checksum failure.

**Therefore, when using a SOL wallet for transfers, always verify the completeness of the recipient address. Otherwise, the transferred assets cannot be recovered.**


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