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A Payment ID is an encrypted, arbitrary and optional transaction attachment that consists of 8 bytes.

A Payment ID is usually used to identify transactions to merchants and exchanges: Given the intrinsic privacy features built into Monero, where a single public address is often used for incoming transactions, a Payment ID is useful to tie incoming payments with user accounts.

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Which payment ID to receive XMR on an address generated with moneroaddress.org?

I created an address with a local copy of MoneroAddress.org (based on a custom entropy string, which I stored securely) and I want to send some XMR there. The sending client asks for the address and a payment ID. In earlier cases, whenever sending…
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Bitfinex asks for 64 character payment ID to withdraw, but the wallet generates shorter ones

When withdrawing Monero from Bitfinex, they ask for a 64 character payment ID. The payment IDs generated by the official wallet are much too short. Should I be using the integrated address, with no payment ID?
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What is the minimum length of Payment ID?

On the official web site it says that Payment ID consists of 32 bytes (64 hexadecimal characters) or 8 bytes (in the case of integrated addresses). Can it be less? If no, why?
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What is the maximum length of the payment id in Monero transactions?

I couldn't find this easily. But what is the max length of a monero payment id? I know it's in hex, so how many characters is that if you were to make it a message from hex?
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Can you view the payment id in a monero block explorer?

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I read somewhere the payment id can be public on the blockchain or it can be hidden by having it encoded into the address? Is there an example transaction that has the payment id public?
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Is there any way to turn a payment id into a readable message and not randomness?

Is there a way to set a payment id as a regular message instead of random characters? What format does it have to follow?
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Are payment id's publicly viewable on the block explorers?

I'm looking for a way to expose some type of data publicly without providing my private view key to the public. Is there a way to expose payment id's in block explorers? Or is there some other way of exposing this?
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What is the minimum length of a payment ID?

When including a payment ID with a transaction, what is the minimum length of that payment ID? And since it's only input in hexadecimal format, does that mean it only accepts A-F and 0-9 characters?
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i send my monero without payment id

about 1hours 30min ago i sent my monero from bter.com to bittrex. but i didn't wrote my payment id. bittrex say that i have to wait about 2 weeks but i am very urgent my money. can i get some help? my txid is…
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Format of QR code URI scheme to add a Payment ID and do monero mobile wallets read it?

What is the proper URI format when making a QR code with a payment ID integrated? And do the monero mobile wallets read this format properly?
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Is the payment ID the equivalent of the op_return in bitcoin?

Many devs use the op_return in Bitcoin to store some arbitrary data. In Monero, is the payment ID the equivalent?
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I forgot to enter a payment ID

I just entered the wallet ID but not entered a payment ID. How can I recover my payment ? Please help me.
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How to generate deprecated Monero Payment ID

I'm using the monero-gui-win-x64-v0.15.0.2 version wallet. I understand the usage of Payment IDs is now deprecated, but some miner companies - such as Genesis Mining for example - are still asking for a Monero Wallet + Payment ID. Without a Payment…
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How long of an encrypted payment ID hex message can be sent after the v0.15 fork?

With the recent v0.15 upgrade, as of 2019-Dec long payment IDs have been removed. The only one remaining now is an encrypted payment ID. If I wanted to convert this payment ID as an alphanumeric message, using hex, how long of a text message can I…
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Help I forgot to enter a payment ID help

Iam using monero gui, but I don t have a payment id. What can I do ? Please help me ? They have send my the monero but I have forgetten to enter a paymend ID. My monero know lost ?
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