I sent tokens to the wrong network
You withdrew to your address but picked the wrong chain, and the balance is not where you expected.
What is actually happening
Most EVM addresses are identical across chains, so the funds usually did arrive. They are sitting at your address on a different chain.
How to fix it
- Search your address on the explorer for the chain you actually sent to. If the balance is there, you still control it.
- Add that network to your wallet, then add the token by contract address to make it visible.
- You will need a small amount of that chain’s native gas token to move anything. Send yourself a little first.
- Bridge the tokens back if you want them on the original chain.
Two cases are genuinely unrecoverable: sending to an exchange deposit address on a chain that exchange does not support, and sending to a contract address that has no way to release tokens. If it went to an exchange, open a support ticket immediately rather than trying to fix it yourself.
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