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    <description>Practical notes on moving crypto between networks and coins.</description>
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      <title>Zcash address types: what a swap can pay out to</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Monero &amp; Zcash</category>
      <description>t1 transparent, zs Sapling, u1 unified: which Zcash address the swap form accepts, why a payout is transparent, what the explorer shows, how to shield.</description>
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      <title>What a block explorer shows about a swap, and what it doesn't</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/what-a-block-explorer-shows-about-a-swap</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>How swaps work</category>
      <description>Two transactions, two chains: what the deposit and payout hashes reveal on transparent chains, on Monero and on Zcash, and what only the status page shows.</description>
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      <title>Why a wallet shows zero after a USDT transfer</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/wallet-shows-zero-after-usdt-transfer</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>USDT between networks</category>
      <description>The transfer confirmed and the balance is still zero. Five causes, the explorer that settles each one, and a decision table from the hash to the fix.</description>
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      <title>SOL to USDT: choosing the USDT network on the other side</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/sol-to-usdt-choosing-the-network</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Coins &amp; routes</category>
      <description>Swap SOL for USDT on TRON or BNB Smart Chain, or reach Ethereum and TON in two steps. Choose by who receives and which fee token they will need.</description>
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      <title>Planning a swap with an AI assistant: what it checks, what you verify</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/planning-a-swap-with-an-ai-assistant</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>AI &amp; agents</category>
      <description>An assistant can read llms.txt, the markdown twins and openapi.json to find the route, the address format and a live quote. Three things stay with you.</description>
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      <title>Monero subaddresses, integrated addresses, payment IDs: which to paste</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/monero-subaddresses-integrated-addresses-payment-ids</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Monero &amp; Zcash</category>
      <description>4… primary, 8… subaddress, 106-character integrated, and the retired payment ID. Which one the swap form takes and what to do with an exchange deposit.</description>
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      <title>Monero in 2026: where it can still be swapped and what changed</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/monero-in-2026-where-it-can-be-swapped</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Monero &amp; Zcash</category>
      <description>XMR delistings with dates from the exchanges' own notices, FCMP++ status on 12 October 2026, and how an account-free swap between two addresses works.</description>
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      <title>Minimums, maximums and fees: why small swaps cost more in percent</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/minimums-maximums-network-fees-small-swaps</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>How swaps work</category>
      <description>A fixed network fee is a large share of a small payout and a small share of a large one. The algebra, a worked illustration and how to read the form.</description>
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      <title>How to check a swap site before you send: a ten-minute checklist</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/how-to-check-a-swap-site-before-you-send</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>How swaps work</category>
      <description>Domain age, HTTPS and headers, terms and support, a test swap, a unique deposit address, the explorer and red flags. The checklist applied to Sablebolt.</description>
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      <title>GRAM and TON: names, tickers and what your wallet shows</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/gram-and-ton-names-tickers-wallets</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Coins &amp; routes</category>
      <description>Toncoin became Gram (GRAM) on 15 June 2026; the network is still TON. What wallets, explorers and exchanges show, and which fee token you need.</description>
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      <title>Bitcoin address types: 1…, 3…, bc1q…, bc1p… as a payout address</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/bitcoin-address-types-payout</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Coins &amp; routes</category>
      <description>Legacy, P2SH, native SegWit and Taproot: how to tell them apart, what the form checks, what exchanges accept, and what 2 confirmations mean.</description>
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      <title>USDC on Ethereum, Base, Solana and Polygon: native vs bridged</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/usdc-native-vs-bridged-how-to-move-it</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>USDT between networks</category>
      <description>Native USDC and USDC.e are different tokens. Circle's contracts for Ethereum, Base, Solana and Polygon, what CCTP is, and how a cross-network swap differs.</description>
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      <title>Which USDT networks exchanges and wallets accept: compatibility table</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/which-usdt-networks-exchanges-accept</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>USDT between networks</category>
      <description>What exchange and wallet help pages said about USDT networks, memos and wrong-network deposits on 12 October 2026, with the source for every row.</description>
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      <title>USDT on TON: addresses, memos and the mistakes that lose deposits</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/usdt-on-ton-addresses-memos-mistakes</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>USDT between networks</category>
      <description>UQ… and EQ… addresses, USDT as a jetton, the memo on exchange deposits, GRAM as the fee coin, and which mistakes can be undone.</description>
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      <title>Instant swap services compared: account, custody, networks, fee disclosure</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/instant-swap-services-compared</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>How swaps work</category>
      <description>A comparison framework for instant swap services with criteria you can verify in ten minutes, why each matters, and Sablebolt scored honestly against it.</description>
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      <title>llms.txt, OpenAPI and agent skills: how Sablebolt talks to machines</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/how-sablebolt-talks-to-machines</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>AI &amp; agents</category>
      <description>What an AI assistant finds on sablebolt.io: llms.txt, a markdown twin of every page, openapi.json, the agent-skills index, the RSS feed and the Content-Signal.</description>
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      <title>USDT network fees compared: TRON, BNB Smart Chain, Ethereum, TON, Solana</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/usdt-network-fees-compared</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>USDT between networks</category>
      <description>What a plain USDT transfer costs on each network on 11 October 2026, in the fee token and in dollars, with the source of every number.</description>
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      <title>BTC to XMR step by step: confirmations, timing and the 10-block lock</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/btc-to-xmr-step-by-step</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Monero &amp; Zcash</category>
      <description>Bitcoin to Monero takes about an hour from sending to spendable XMR. Where the time goes, which Monero address to paste, what each explorer shows, how to plan.</description>
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      <title>Memo, destination tag, payment ID: the coins that need an extra field</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/memo-destination-tag-payment-id</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>How swaps work</category>
      <description>XRP, Stellar, Hedera, Kaspa and USDT on TON have a second field next to the address. When it is required, what happens without it, and where to find it.</description>
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      <title>Reading a swap status page: every state from waiting to finished</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/reading-a-swap-status-page</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>How swaps work</category>
      <description>The five stages of a swap on sablebolt.io, which transaction hash appears when, what to check on which explorer, how long each stage takes, and when to write.</description>
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      <title>Floating rate: what changes between the estimate and the payout</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/floating-rate-estimate-vs-payout</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>How swaps work</category>
      <description>The estimate is a snapshot; the payout is set when your deposit confirms. A worked example of what moves the number and how to plan an amount that must arrive.</description>
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      <title>TRON energy and bandwidth: why a USDT transfer costs what it costs</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/tron-energy-and-bandwidth</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>USDT between networks</category>
      <description>What bandwidth and energy are, how staking TRX grants them, how much energy a USDT TRC-20 transfer burns, why rented energy is cheaper than burning TRX.</description>
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      <title>Sent USDT to the wrong network: what can and can't be recovered</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/sent-usdt-to-the-wrong-network</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>USDT between networks</category>
      <description>USDT went out on the wrong network. Whether it comes back depends on who controls the receiving address: your own wallet, an exchange, a TRON address.</description>
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      <title>USDT TRC-20 to BEP-20: three ways to move it and what each costs</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/usdt-trc20-to-bep20-three-ways</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>USDT between networks</category>
      <description>Move USDT from TRON to BNB Smart Chain through an exchange account, a bridge, or a swap between two addresses.</description>
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      <title>How to pay someone whose USDT wallet is on a different network</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/pay-usdt-to-a-different-network</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>USDT between networks</category>
      <description>You hold USDT on one network and the address you were given is on another. Three ways to make the payment, how to read the address.</description>
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      <title>LetsExchange has closed: what to do with a pending swap and where to move next</title>
      <link>https://sablebolt.io/blog/letsexchange-has-closed</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>News</category>
      <description>LetsExchange stopped new swaps on 1 October 2026 and ends support on 30 November. How to finish a pending swap, avoid the phishing that follows a closure.</description>
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