Why a transfer can seem to vanish
USDT is not one token. Tether issues its own USDT on Tron and on Ethereum, and on other networks the token people call USDT is a different contract again. Each one lives only on its own chain. When you send on BNB Smart Chain, the transfer is recorded on BNB Smart Chain and nowhere else, so a wallet or an exchange looking at Ethereum or Tron sees nothing at all.
Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon, Base and Arbitrum all use the same kind of address, starting with 0x. The same address exists on every one of them, which is why a wallet or exchange lets you pick the wrong one without complaint. A Tron address starts with T and exists only on Tron.
How this page finds it
A transaction hash does not say which network it belongs to, so we ask all six at the same time. On Tron we read the transaction and its receipt from the chain; on the five 0x networks we read the transaction receipt from public nodes. The network that has it gives us everything else: whether it succeeded, which token contract it moved, the amount, the sender and the recipient.
We name a token as Tether’s USDT or Circle’s USDC only by its contract address: Tether’s on Tron and Ethereum, Circle’s on Ethereum, Base, Polygon and Arbitrum. Any other contract is named with the symbol it gives itself, and we say plainly that it is not one we confirm, because a token’s name is whatever its deployer typed.
Sent to your own address
If the recipient is a 0x address in your own wallet, the tokens are at that address on the network you used. Set the wallet to that network, or add it, and they show. This holds for an ordinary wallet with a recovery phrase. A smart-contract wallet, such as a multisig, may not exist on the other network.
Sent to an exchange
An exchange deposit address only credits the networks the exchange supports for that token. If you used another one, only that exchange can say whether it can credit the deposit. Contact it through its own website or app with the transaction hash, never through somebody who messages you first.
The recipient’s label
On Ethereum and Tron we show the explorer’s label for the recipient where one exists, such as an exchange wallet. Etherscan and Tronscan assign these. On the other four networks we hold no labels, and the result says so rather than calling an address personal.
Not found
If no network has the hash, the result says how many we searched and which we could not read. A transfer from the last minute may not be in a block yet. A hash copied with a character missing finds nothing anywhere.
What nobody can do
A transfer on a blockchain cannot be reversed, by us, by the network or by anyone else. What can sometimes be done depends on who holds the receiving address: you, through your own wallet on the right network, or an exchange, through its own support.
Anyone charging to unfreeze or recover USDT is a scammer. Only Tether or Circle can unfreeze. People who lost funds are the main target of fake recovery services, and they find you by replying to your posts. Veriql never offers recovery, and never messages you first.
Questions people ask
I sent USDT on the wrong network. Is it lost?
Not always. A transfer exists only on the network it was sent on, and nobody can reverse it, but what can still be done depends on who holds the receiving address. If it is your own address in an ordinary wallet, the tokens are there on the network you used, and setting the wallet to that network shows them. If it is an exchange deposit address, only that exchange can say whether it can credit the deposit.
How do I find out which network my transaction is on?
Paste the transaction hash above. A hash does not say which network it belongs to, so we search Tron, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon, Base and Arbitrum at the same time and name the one that has it, with the token, the amount and the recipient.
What is the difference between TRC20, ERC20 and BEP20 USDT?
They are tokens on different networks: TRC20 on Tron, ERC20 on Ethereum, BEP20 on BNB Smart Chain. Tether issues its own USDT on Tron and Ethereum. On BNB Smart Chain, Polygon, Base and Arbitrum the token people call USDT is a different contract. Each exists only on its own chain, so a transfer on one never appears on another.
I sent to my own 0x address on another network. How do I see it?
The same 0x address exists on Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon, Base, Arbitrum and every other EVM network. Add the network the transfer went on to your wallet, or switch the wallet to it, and the tokens show at the same address. This holds for an ordinary wallet with a recovery phrase. A smart-contract wallet, such as a multisig, may not exist on the other network.
I sent USDT to an exchange on a network it does not support. What now?
Only that exchange can help. Contact it through its own website or app, give it the transaction hash, and ask whether it can credit a deposit sent on that network. Some exchanges can and some cannot. Never deal with somebody who messages you first offering to help.
Why does the check say it found nothing?
No network we searched has that hash. It may be from the last minute and not in a block yet, it may have been copied with a character missing, or it may be on a network we do not search. If a network could not be read, the result names it and says the check is incomplete rather than calling the hash missing.
Someone offers to recover my USDT for a fee. Is that real?
No. Anyone charging to unfreeze or recover USDT is a scammer. Only Tether or Circle can unfreeze, and nobody can reverse a transfer on a blockchain. People who lost funds are the main target of fake recovery services. Veriql never offers recovery.