# Sending and receiving digital currencies

**URL:** <https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/sending-and-receiving-digital-currencies/45416>\
**Category:** Developer Wanted\
**Tags:** bep20\
**Created:** [June 29, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/sending-and-receiving-digital-currencies/45416 "2026-06-29T17:55:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nivo\_Nivo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/nivo_nivo/32/22147_2.png) [@Nivo\_Nivo](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/Nivo_Nivo)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/sending-and-receiving-digital-currencies/45416/1 "2026-06-29T17:55:56Z")

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Hello everyone I have a puzzling question. Someone requested a USDT receiving address, and I sent it to them. When they sent it, I checked the contract and found that it was a separate, different contract on the USDT. This is confusing. I want to know how they did that. Digital currencies are supposed to be secure; how did this happen?

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**Author:** ![Sandeep1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sandeep1](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/Sandeep1)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/sending-and-receiving-digital-currencies/45416/2 "2026-06-29T18:02:34Z")

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If the USDT appears under a different contract, it doesn’t necessarily mean the security of digital currencies has been compromised. In many cases, the sender may have used a different blockchain, a bridged version of USDT, or a token that shares the same name but has a different contract address.