Why did my hardware wallet display a different Bitcoin address after recovery?

Wallets may use different address families such as legacy, SegWit or Taproot, or different derivation paths and account indexes. A missing passphrase also changes the entire wallet.

The answer

Wallets may use different address families such as legacy, SegWit or Taproot, or different derivation paths and account indexes. A missing passphrase also changes the entire wallet.

What to do next

Check the original public address prefix and original wallet software. Restore the intended account type and compare a known historical address.

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