31/01/2023
You can think of a Bitcoin wallet address like a mailing address. Itโs a possible destination for a bitcoin payment.
These public addresses are NOT public keys. Itโs common to confuse the two, but they are completely different. Your wallet uses your private key to create a public key. It then hashes your public key to generate an address.
Also, addresses are NOT accounts. An account is an abstract collection of various addresses.
To find a practical guide to Bitcoin addresses, click here: https://bitcoinbriefly.com/practical-guide-bitcoin-addresses-explained/