> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.leather.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.leather.io/transactions/bitcoin-address-types.md).

# Understand Bitcoin Address Types

The Bitcoin address types, how to recognize each one, and which addresses Leather uses.

Bitcoin has several address types. You can tell them apart by how they start. The prefixes below are for mainnet.

| Type                   | Starts with | Notes                                                                                                 |
| ---------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Legacy (P2PKH)         | `1`         | The original type. Every wallet can send to it. Its transactions are the largest, so fees are higher. |
| Nested SegWit (P2SH)   | `3`         | SegWit wrapped in an older format. Also used for some multisig addresses.                             |
| Native SegWit (Bech32) | `bc1q`      | Smaller transactions and lower fees than Legacy. Leather receives BTC on this type.                   |
| Taproot (Bech32m)      | `bc1p`      | The newest type. Leather also has a Taproot address.                                                  |

You can send BTC from Leather to any of these types.

## Addresses in Leather

Each Leather account has two Bitcoin addresses and one Stacks address:

* **Native SegWit:** for receiving and sending BTC.
* **Taproot:** Leather shows it, and it can hold BTC. Leather no longer supports ordinals, inscriptions or BRC-20, which used Taproot addresses. See [Ordinals and inscriptions](/discontinued/ordinals-inscriptions.md).
* **Stacks:** not a Bitcoin address. It starts with `SP` on mainnet and holds STX, Stacks tokens and Stacks NFTs.

To see your addresses, click "Receive" on the Home screen. See [Receive Assets](/get-started/receive-assets.md).

## Related

* [Understanding Wallet Derivation Paths](/wallet-and-security/wallet-derivation-paths.md)
* [Receive Bitcoin (BTC)](/transactions/receive-btc.md)