Receive your first payment
Prepare a receiving address, agree the invoice terms and verify the payment before closing the order.
Suggested reading order · about 52 minutes in total
Your task checklist
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Step 1 · 7 min read
Check the receiving address
Confirm the Litecoin network and the address type supported by both wallets.
Litecoin address formats: checksums, compatibility and MWEB → -
Step 2 · 8 min read
Understand offline receiving
Network delivery and your wallet’s later synchronization are different events.
Your wallet is offline. Can Litecoin still arrive? → -
Step 3 · 8 min read
Inspect the payment request
Understand the amount, label and unsupported URI fields before asking someone to pay.
What a Litecoin payment QR code actually tells your wallet → -
Step 4 · 4 min read
Understand payment acceptance
Separate blockchain confirmation from the merchant’s acceptance decision.
How to verify a Litecoin transaction is legitimate: a merchant checklist → -
Step 5 · 9 min read
Handle exceptions
Work through short, excess and late payments using an agreed policy.
Handling Litecoin payment refunds and underpayments → -
Step 6 · 9 min read
Resolve an expired invoice
Compare the deadline and receipt evidence before asking for another payment.
Your Litecoin invoice expired. Check before you pay again → -
Step 7 · 7 min read
Issue a fresh receiving address
Know why older valid addresses still receive and how address reuse affects privacy.
Why your Litecoin receive address changes—and whether the old one still works →
What to take away
A matching amount, sufficient confirmations and a correctly fulfilled order are separate checks. Keep a record of each.