Networks and deposits
EVM
Ethereum’s virtual machine, reused by many chains, which therefore share the same address format.
An EVM-compatible chain executes the same instruction set as Ethereum. Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism and Avalanche C-Chain are among them. They all use the `0x` address format followed by forty hexadecimal characters.
That is both an advantage and a trap. Advantage: the same private key controls the same address on all those chains, which makes a send on the wrong network recoverable. Trap: an address is syntactically valid on six networks, so no input validation can catch a network mistake. Only the network selector protects you.