<p>Yes, you can send funds to Byron address from Shelley address and vice-versa. You can spend ADA and native assets like that. Nothing special is required.</p>

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piotr-iohk
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<p>No, transactions where the destination address is a Byron era address are no longer valid. I <em>think</em> you can send funds in Byron era addresses to Shelley addresses.</p>
<p>If you still have a Byron era wallet I highly recommend that you upgrade it to Shelley sooner rather than later. At least in the Daedalus wallet, this is trivial.</p>
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<p>Turns out that the answer I gave above is actually incorrect. The following is from my IOG colleague Sam Leathers.</p>
<p>Byron addresses are just as valid as Shelley in the ledger, although have a slightly larger minutxo because of their size. A number of large exchanges still only use Byron addresses. Its probably not a good idea but it is valid.</p>

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Erik de Castro Lopo
<p>I've got a very simple question, is it possible to transfer funds from Shelly to Byron or Byron to Shelley Wallets? If it's possible, do I need to consider anything else different than sending as usual between two Shelley Wallets?</p>

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Can I send funds from Shelley Wallet to Byron Wallet?
# Can I send funds from Shelley Wallet to Byron Wallet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-09-01)

I've got a very simple question, is it possible to transfer funds from Shelly to Byron or Byron to Shelley Wallets? If it's possible, do I need to consider anything else different than sending as usual between two Shelley Wallets?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2022-09-01. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

> No, transactions where the destination address is a Byron era address are no longer valid. I *think* you can send funds in Byron era addresses to Shelley addresses.
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> If you still have a Byron era wallet I highly recommend that you upgrade it to Shelley sooner rather than later. At least in the Daedalus wallet, this is trivial.

Turns out that the answer I gave above is actually incorrect. The following is from my IOG colleague Sam Leathers.

Byron addresses are just as valid as Shelley in the ledger, although have a slightly larger minutxo because of their size. A number of large exchanges still only use Byron addresses. Its probably not a good idea but it is valid.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2022-11-29. Score: 0

Yes, you can send funds to Byron address from Shelley address and vice-versa. You can spend ADA and native assets like that. Nothing special is required.


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