user1409: The Bitcoin Dark Wallet project is accepting donations to address 32wRDBezxnazSBxMrMqLWqD1ajwEqnDnMc. How is this a valid address? I thought that all Bitcoin public addresses start with 1.

user1409: According to the List of address prefixes, an address beginning with 3 is Bitcoin script hash. This means that transactions sent to this address are handled differently than normal transactions.

1409: <p>The Bitcoin Dark Wallet project is accepting donations to address <a href="https://blockchain.info/address/32wRDBezxnazSBxMrMqLWqD1ajwEqnDnMc" rel="nofollow">32wRDBezxnazSBxMrMqLWqD1ajwEqnDnMc</a>. How is this a valid address? I thought that all Bitcoin public addresses start with <code>1</code>.</p>
 1409: <p>According to the <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/List_of_address_prefixes" rel="nofollow">List of address prefixes</a>, an address beginning with <code>3</code> is <em>Bitcoin script hash</em>. This means that transactions sent to this address are handled differently than normal transactions.</p>
