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Can I send it to the wrong address format?
Addresses have checksums in them to prevent mistakes like these. Typographical errors can be detected because of these checksums. So a well designed wallet will not allow this, but nothing prevents a badly designed program from erroneously accepting an incorrect address format and decoding it into some invalid/...
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This is not currently possible, as Bitcoin Core uses hardened BIP32 derivation to compute keys and addresses. This derivation scheme does not have a usable xpub that lets you derive the same keys publicly.
For more background, an xpub (or extended public key) is a string defined by BIP32. Every xpub has a corresponding xprv (extended private key). From the ...
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I'm adding more info on the matter.
This is a format proposed in Chapter2 of Bitcoinbook (How Bitcoin Works)
bitcoin:1GdK9UzpHBzqzX2A9JFP3Di4weBwqgmoQA?
amount=0.015&
label=Bob%27s%20Cafe&
message=Purchase%20at%20Bob%27s%20Cafe
Components of the URL
A bitcoin address: "1GdK9UzpHBzqzX2A9JFP3Di4weBwqgmoQA"
The payment amount: "0.015"
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