PlatON is a network focused on privacy-preserving computation. Fees are paid in LAT.
Its quirk is that one account has two valid address formats: one starting lat and one starting 0x. They are the same account written two ways.
Adding both would count your holdings twice, and pasting one where the other is expected will not work.
What you get out of the box
Pick your import method.
On PlatON
- Copy your address in whichever form your wallet shows. It may start with lat or with 0x.
- Add it once. If you have seen your address written both ways, those are one account.
On Kryptos
- Go to Kryptos.io and sign up with your Google account.
- From the menu, click Integrations.
- Click Add Integration and search for PlatON.
- Click the PlatON icon, then choose Import using Address.
- Give the wallet a name, paste your address, and click Import Your Transactions.
Good to know
- The lat and 0x forms describe the same account.
- Some tools accept only one of the two formats, so a rejected address usually means the wrong form rather than a wrong address.
- The wallet software changed which format it displayed, so older records may use a different one from newer records.
One account, written two ways
PlatON gives every account two valid addresses. One starts with lat and the other starts with 0x, and they are two encodings of exactly the same account, holding exactly the same balance.
This is not a conversion between two things. There is one account and one balance; the two strings are two ways of printing it, in the same way a phone number can be written with or without a country code.
Two problems follow, pulling in opposite directions. The first is that tools disagree about which form they accept. Parts of the network's own interface take one and parts take the other, and they cannot be mixed within a single request. An address being rejected here usually means you have the right account in the wrong notation.
The second, and the one that costs money, is double counting. Somebody reconciling a year might take the lat form from one place and the 0x form from another, add both as wallets, and see their holdings double. Worse, a tool may then read activity as transfers between two accounts you own, inventing movements that never happened.
There is a historical wrinkle too. The wallet software changed which format it displayed, so a history spanning that change can show what looks like two different accounts when it is one throughout. If everything past the first few characters matches, it is the same account. For how holdings are reported where you file, see the USA crypto tax guide or the UK crypto tax guide.
Manage your PlatON portfolio with Kryptos.
Importing an address written two ways
Your records may show both forms. Add the account once and Kryptos treats it as the single account it is.
Reconciling old records against new
The wallet changed which format it displayed, so a history spanning that change may look like two different accounts.
Delegating to a validator
Staking rewards are receipts at the value on the day they become yours.
Audit-ready, automatically.
Once your wallets and exchanges are connected, generating a tax report takes a single click. Open Reports from the menu, choose your jurisdiction, and download.
Two formats, one position
The lat and 0x forms are the same account. Importing both would double your holdings and can invent transfers between them that never happened.
A format change is not a new account
The wallet software switched which form it showed. That changed the text on screen, not what you owned.
Staking rewards are income when received
Delegation rewards are receipts valued on the day they become available to you.
Check which format a tool expects
Some interfaces accept only one form. An address being rejected usually means the format is wrong rather than the address.
Read-only by design.
- Kryptos only ever needs your public wallet address
- A public address is read-only. It can't move or spend anything
- We never ask for your recovery phrase or private key
- Remove a wallet whenever you like, and its data goes with it
If something doesn't sync.
Try the other format. Some tools accept only the 0x form and others only the lat form, and both describe your account.
You have added both forms of one account. Remove one.
The wallet changed which format it displayed. If everything after the first few characters matches, it is the same account.
Still stuck? Email support@kryptos.io or open live chat from the app.