How many confirmations before I can spend?

Lite Wallet shows your balance including unconfirmed incoming transactions, but waits for at least one confirmation before letting you spend those coins. For maximum certainty, wait for six confirmations — the universal standard for exchange deposits.

Is it safe to scan QR codes from a stranger?

Scanning a QR code only imports the address into the sender's wallet — it doesn't authorize any payment. The sender still has to enter the amount and confirm. The only risk is if the displayed address has been tampered with by malware before the QR is generated.

GUIDE

How to receive Litecoin

Tap Receive, share the address, wait a couple of minutes. Lite Wallet generates addresses locally from your paper key — no server, no account, no sign-up.

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Receiving Litecoin in Lite Wallet takes under a minute: tap Receive, a Litecoin address and QR code appear, share the address with the sender. The address is derived from your 12-word paper key locally on your device. No server involvement. Lite Wallet can generate multiple address types — native SegWit bech32 (ltc1-prefix, the default), SegWit P2SH (M-prefix), legacy P2PKH (L-prefix), and MWEB (confidential, ltcmweb-prefix). Each type works with any standard sender; newer types have slightly lower fees.

Receive Litecoin — step by step

Open Lite Wallet and tap Receive
Launch LiteWallet. From the home screen, tap the Receive button. A new screen appears with your Litecoin address and a large QR code.
Copy the address or share the QR code
Tap the Copy button to copy the address to your clipboard. Or show the QR code to the sender for them to scan directly — mobile wallets can scan QR codes from a screen.
Optionally select address type
Default is native SegWit (ltc1-prefix). For compatibility with older senders who don't support bech32, tap the settings icon and generate a legacy (L-prefix) address. For confidential receipts, select MWEB — the sender's wallet must support MWEB or they'll need to send to a standard address and peg in separately.
Share with the sender
Send the address to the sender via any channel. Secure channels (encrypted messaging, direct face-to-face QR scan) reduce the risk of address tampering by malware. Never share your paper key — only the receive address.
Wait for confirmation
When the sender broadcasts, the transaction appears in your activity list as 'Pending 0/6'. After one Litecoin block (~2.5 minutes), confirmations begin accumulating. Six confirmations (~15 minutes) is the threshold most exchanges require; for personal receipts, one or two confirmations is typically sufficient.

Address types explained

Native SegWit (ltc1-prefix) — recommended

Smallest transaction size, lowest fees, universal support on modern wallets. Lite Wallet default. Starts with 'ltc1q..' followed by alphanumeric characters.

SegWit P2SH (M-prefix)

Compatible with older wallets that don't support bech32. Slightly higher fees than native SegWit. Starts with 'M..' or '3..' (Bitcoin-shared prefix).

Legacy P2PKH (L-prefix)

Oldest format, widely supported by any Litecoin wallet. Largest transaction size, highest fees. Starts with 'L..' — avoid for new receives unless a sender specifically requires it.

MWEB (confidential)

Confidential Litecoin receive. Sender's wallet must support MWEB or they must peg in separately. Starts with 'ltcmweb..'. Balance is visible only to you; the MWEB extension block hides amount and address from public view.

Receive FAQ

Yes — a Litecoin address can receive unlimited transactions. For maximum privacy, generate a fresh address for each incoming transaction (Lite Wallet does this automatically for each Receive tap). Reusing a single address publicly links all your incoming activity to one identifier.

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