How an Anubis deposit actually works

The mechanics take a minute. The habits around them are what decide whether the payment lands the first time.

The sequence

1. Open the order and copy the deposit address it issues for that specific order
2. Send the requested amount from a wallet you control, with the network fee added on top
3. Wait for confirmations, which vary by coin from about five minutes to an hour
4. Confirm the balance is attributed to the order rather than sitting unallocated

Deposit addresses are per order

A fresh address lets the market attach an incoming payment to a specific order without you labelling anything. That also means an address from a previous order belongs to that order. Sending to it reaches the market and not your current purchase, which turns a simple payment into a support case.

The fee direction

Some wallets deduct the network fee from the amount you typed, so slightly less arrives than the order requires. Others add it on top. Neither is wrong and only one funds an order correctly. The shortfall is usually smaller than the price rounding, which is exactly why it catches careful people.

If a deposit has not appeared

Check your own wallet first for the transaction and its confirmation count. If it is confirming, the wait is normal and the coin is not lost. Do not send a second payment to fix the first, because two unmatched deposits are considerably harder to reconcile than one.

After the order

Withdraw anything left over rather than leaving it on the market. Escrow protects payments attached to orders and nothing else, so a residual balance is exposed to whatever happens to the market.

Verified addresses

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