# Is there any address(0) equivalent at dfinity/motoko?

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/is-there-any-address-0-equivalent-at-dfinity-motoko/5445>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [June 23, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/is-there-any-address-0-equivalent-at-dfinity-motoko/5445 "2021-06-23T07:44:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![ayazgv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/ayazgv/32/1587_2.png) [@ayazgv](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/ayazgv)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/is-there-any-address-0-equivalent-at-dfinity-motoko/5445/1 "2021-06-23T07:44:46Z")

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Hello dear All!

Is there any solidity address(0) equivalent at dfinity/motoko?

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**Author:** ![claudio](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/claudio/32/322_2.png) [@claudio](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/claudio)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/is-there-any-address-0-equivalent-at-dfinity-motoko/5445/2 "2021-06-23T10:30:16Z")

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Not that I’m aware of. Even on solidity, isn’t that just a property of an ERC20 style contract, not the platform/language?

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**Author:** ![dpdp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/dpdp/32/1143_2.png) [@dpdp](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/dpdp)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/is-there-any-address-0-equivalent-at-dfinity-motoko/5445/3 "2021-06-23T10:55:46Z")

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The Principal `aaaaa-aa`

> The IC management canister address is aaaaa-aa (i.e. the empty blob).

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**Author:** ![ayazgv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/ayazgv/32/1587_2.png) [@ayazgv](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/ayazgv)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/is-there-any-address-0-equivalent-at-dfinity-motoko/5445/4 "2021-06-23T13:20:18Z")

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I think this is the functionality of solidity that returns 0x0 address

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**Author:** ![ayazgv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/ayazgv/32/1587_2.png) [@ayazgv](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/ayazgv)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/is-there-any-address-0-equivalent-at-dfinity-motoko/5445/5 "2021-06-23T13:32:25Z")

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Yeah, may it help me

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**Author:** ![ayazgv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/ayazgv/32/1587_2.png) [@ayazgv](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/ayazgv)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/is-there-any-address-0-equivalent-at-dfinity-motoko/5445/6 "2021-06-23T14:02:49Z")

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I tried

`let null_address : Principal = Principal.fromText("aaaaa-aa");`

This worked for now. Thank you guys!