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Title: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address? Post by: LordGreynick on April 11, 2013, 11:48:26 PM Hi all,
Someone has sent me an invalid address. Do the coins come back automagically? Title: Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address? Post by: bitcon on April 12, 2013, 12:13:22 AM i think they are gone forever. but it helps deflation of BTC.
Title: Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address? Post by: LordGreynick on April 12, 2013, 12:25:46 AM Are you serious??
Title: Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address? Post by: cbeast on April 12, 2013, 12:28:05 AM The QT client won't allow sending to an invalid address. Others probably won't either. Perhaps they concatenated the address when it was copy/pasted.
Title: Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address? Post by: bitcon on April 12, 2013, 12:40:00 AM i'll have to try it now that my coins are worthless......
Title: Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address? Post by: LordGreynick on April 12, 2013, 12:51:37 AM thanks so much for the replies .. it turns out the client hadn't confirmed the transactions for over 24 hours - restarted the client and it confirmed
Title: Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address? Post by: Herodes on April 12, 2013, 06:54:05 AM Hi all, Someone has sent me an invalid address. Do the coins come back automagically? coins can't be sent to an invalid address from a client I think - you'll get a message the address in invalid. If you get a wrong, but working address, then it's an other story.. Title: Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address? Post by: rayvellest on April 12, 2013, 09:18:57 PM Invalid address, per definition, are invalid, so the transaction would not complete. Now, if you mistakenly send them to a valid address, then yes, they are lost and you'll make someone very happy indeed.
Title: Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address? Post by: odolvlobo on April 13, 2013, 06:42:43 AM Post the transaction. Maybe someone will recognize or can otherwise determine who owns the address.
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