A Bitcoin wallet address is the public destination you use to receive BTC. You can think of it as the receiving side of your wallet: it is the information you share when someone wants to send you Bitcoin. It is safe to share a wallet address, but it is not the same thing as a private key, seed phrase, or any other secret recovery credential.

Bitcoin wallet address format quick check:

• bc1q… (native SegWit) and bc1p… (Taproot) are common modern formats.
• You may also see addresses starting with 1… or 3… (older formats).
• If you see something like lnbc…, that is a Lightning invoice, not an on-chain Bitcoin wallet address.

What is a Bitcoin wallet address?

A Bitcoin wallet address is a string of letters and numbers generated by your…