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What happens to my lightning address if I change my username?
What happens to my lightning address if I change my username?
Updated over a week ago

🚨 Please note that your lightning address is tied to your Bottlepay username. It looks like this: [email protected].

If you want to change your lightning address, it’s best to change your username before you claim it and share it with people. Please see this article to find out how to do that.

🚨 It is possible to change your username after you’ve claimed your lightning address, but this will also change your lightning address. This means that payments sent to your old lightning address they would not land in your Bottlepay account. 🚨

These transactions will generally be rejected, but it’s possible that if someone else has claimed your old username, they will receive the bitcoin instead. 😬

To avoid that, try not to change your username once you have shared your lightning address. 👍

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