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  <p>As I currently understand it, older clients will not be able to send to a Bech32 address. Is this the case?</p>
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<p>Yes. Bech32 addresses are a completely new address type and format. Because it is new, many clients currently do not have Bech32 support implemented or have not yet released a version supporting it.</p>

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  <p>It sounds as if I should be creating P2SH-P2WPKH addresses for accepting deposits.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Yes. For maximum compatibility, you should use P2SH-P2WPKH. Later you can transition to using Bech32 once more wallets implement support for Bech32 and it becomes widespread.</p>

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<p>I would like to use Segwit addresses however I seem to be finding mixed information on compatibility. As I currently understand it, older clients will not be able to send to a Bech32 address.
Is this the case?</p>

<p>Per this development guide: <a href="https://bitcoincore.org/en/segwit_wallet_dev/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcoincore.org/en/segwit_wallet_dev/</a>
It sounds as if I should be creating P2SH-P2WPKH addresses for accepting deposits.</p>

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Generate Bech32 addresses to receive customer funds
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# Generate Bech32 addresses to receive customer funds

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-07)

I would like to use Segwit addresses however I seem to be finding mixed information on compatibility. As I currently understand it, older clients will not be able to send to a Bech32 address.
Is this the case?

Per this development guide: <https://bitcoincore.org/en/segwit_wallet_dev/>
It sounds as if I should be creating P2SH-P2WPKH addresses for accepting deposits.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-14. Score: 1

> As I currently understand it, older clients will not be able to send to a Bech32 address. Is this the case?

Yes. Bech32 addresses are a completely new address type and format. Because it is new, many clients currently do not have Bech32 support implemented or have not yet released a version supporting it.

> It sounds as if I should be creating P2SH-P2WPKH addresses for accepting deposits.

Yes. For maximum compatibility, you should use P2SH-P2WPKH. Later you can transition to using Bech32 once more wallets implement support for Bech32 and it becomes widespread.


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