A name points to an account
Aptos Names maps human-readable .apt identifiers to addresses. Rise marketed name-based sending as a convenience for replacing long hexadecimal strings. Registration, ownership and expiration belong to the naming system and are separate from installing a wallet.
Resolve at the moment of the transaction
A familiar name can expire or point somewhere different after an ownership or record change. A sending interface should resolve the name immediately before constructing the transaction and display the full resulting address. Check that resolved address with the intended recipient through an independent channel.
Display names and reverse records
A portfolio or activity view may show a cached name or a reverse-lookup record. This is presentation data and can lag behind the current registry. The 32-byte address remains the identity recorded in the transaction, so retain that full address in operational records.
Privacy and public identity
Using a recognizable name makes a public account easier to associate with a person or project. That can improve usability while exposing transaction history and relationships. Decide which account should represent your public identity before linking it to collections and applications.
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