🏦 Derived Addresses

Derive module account addresses and IBC transfer escrow addresses — no keys involved.

Chain prefix

Module account

Module name

IBC transfer escrow (ICS-20)

Port Channel Version

How it works

Module accounts hold funds for SDK modules (fee collector, staking pools, community pool…). Their address is the first 20 bytes of SHA-256(module name) — authtypes.NewModuleAddress in the SDK.

Escrow accounts hold tokens sent out over an IBC channel until they come back. The address is the first 20 bytes of SHA-256(version ‖ 0x00 ‖ "port/channel") — GetEscrowAddress in ibc-go, with version "ics20-1".