A reveal entry describes account-key publication
Octez’s operation reference gives Reveal and Transaction different roles: Reveal publishes the sending manager’s public key, while Transaction can transfer tez or invoke a contract. A reveal entry is therefore not evidence, by itself, that the exchange’s tez recipient was paid. Establish which operation content actually contains the intended transfer.
Tezos’s account guide says an unrevealed account can receive and hold tez without being revealed. Receiving funds and preparing the first outgoing action are different stages. Do not infer that an earlier deposit failed merely because the wallet now needs to handle a reveal when you try to send.
The public key discussed by the protocol is not your secret recovery material. Use the legitimate wallet’s supported workflow. This page supplies no key-export, key-import or transaction-signing commands and does not require sending a private key to exchange support.
Separate the first-send observations before calculating a discrepancy
| Observation | What it helps establish | What remains to be checked |
|---|---|---|
| Earlier tez receipt | Funding of the sending account | Whether its first outgoing payment completed |
| Reveal operation content | Publication of the manager’s public key | The recipient and result of the tez payment |
| Transaction operation content | The actual transfer or contract action proposed | Its execution result and intended amount |
| Wallet cost review | The costs the wallet proposes for the whole action | The amount of Bitcoin paid out later |
Read the entire action the wallet proposes
- Confirm what will pay the exchange recipient
- Match the actual tez transfer amount and destination to the issued instruction. If several contents or entries are displayed, do not report only the first visible label. Ask the wallet provider to explain an unfamiliar reveal entry before approving anything you do not understand.
- Use the current total cost estimate
- A first outgoing workflow can include costs associated with revealing the account. Use the wallet’s present review rather than a remembered fee from an already revealed account. Keep that source-side cost separate from both the exchange input and the BTC payout record.
- Check the payment result rather than the reveal label alone
- For an existing attempt, retain the operation reference and inspect the content intended to transfer tez to the recipient. A recorded reveal does not replace evidence for that transfer. If its result is unclear, investigate the original operation before creating another payment.
- Keep receipt on Bitcoin independently traceable
- Once the XTZ payment is established, use the exchange reference and BTC receiving record for the output. Neither an account’s revealed status nor a first-send wallet fee tells you whether the Bitcoin recipient has been credited.
Questions about a first XTZ payment
- Does a reveal record alone prove that the exchange received tez?
- No. Reveal and Transaction have different roles. Check the actual transfer content, recipient, amount and execution result.
- Can an unrevealed account already hold XTZ?
- Yes. The official account guide distinguishes receiving and holding tez from the outgoing actions that reveal the account.
- Should I share a private key to resolve a reveal question?
- No. The protocol refers to publication of a public key. Keep recovery and private signing material private and use the legitimate wallet workflow.
Official Tezos operation references
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