Destination tag
Plain definition. A destination tag is a number added to an XRP Ledger payment that shows who the payment is meant for, such as which customer an exchange should credit.
Technical definition. Destination tags are a feature of XRP Ledger payments, formatted in transactions as 32-bit unsigned integers, that indicate the beneficiary or destination for a payment sent to a multi-purpose address. The XRPL documentation says source and destination tags do not have direct on-ledger functionality and merely provide information about how off-ledger systems should process a payment; it adds that an address operator can enable the RequireDest setting, so the XRP Ledger rejects a payment that arrives without a destination tag.
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On this site, Destination tag comes up in My XRP transfer hasn’t arrived or went to the wrong place. What now?, What is a destination tag, and what if I forgot it?, How do I move XRP from an exchange to my own wallet without losing it?, How do I look up and read an XRP Ledger transaction on a public explorer? and Can I lose my XRP without anyone hacking me?.
Source
Source and Destination Tags (xrpl.org), read October 1, 2026.
Pages that cover Destination tag
- Can I lose my XRP without anyone hacking me?
- How do I move XRP from an exchange to my own wallet without losing it?
- What is a destination tag, and what if I forgot it?
- My XRP transfer hasn't arrived or went to the wrong place. What now?
- How do I look up and read an XRP Ledger transaction on a public explorer?