Dealing With An Obscure Bitpay Payment Error - the wallet you are using does not match the network or currency of the address provided
While using Bitpay to pay for some online purchases, I came across an error that was hard to decode and I could not find any appropriate mention and resolution on web searches. the wallet you are using does not match the network or currency of the address provided. How it occurred was that I had loaded a cryptocurrency wallet with sufficient balance to pay the invoice of the service provider. The wallet had a token/coin that Bitpay has listed on their website that they supported (since they have their preferred blockchains) and also I was using a supported wallet (as Bitpay has a list of wallets they support). Problem: However, attempting to pay the invoice with both Metamask and Bitpay's own on-chain wallets proved futile. Reason: It turned out that Despite listing a bunch of currencies they support, at any point in time, specific one could be undergoing maintenance and that information will not be immediately displayed during the invoice payment. Also, they have a li...