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I just accidentally sent some LTC from GDAXX to my Electrum BTC Wallet. Transfer ID is 2615b987-10b5-4a73-9b65-e835e7a43fd0

Any way to recover that?! Thank you!!

There is no way this could happen, transaction would result in error.

If was from some service then contact their support, if from your wallet then reset the chain or export the key to other wallet because the transaction never happened

Even if eventually sent it, I expect that it should be returned back to your wallet since there is no way it would be delivered and the moment that is not happening it going back to source. But like the earlier poster said how will that even be possible considering the destination address will be wrong. But if the fund was lost, then I see that as a deficiency on the part of blockchain technology.

no it won't if he used a multisignature address!
Litecoin used to have the same version field (which resulted in multi signature addresses start with 3) as bitcoin so it is possible to send LTC to BTC address and vice versa and don't get any errors. because it is a valid address.

they changed this to "M" recently though. but the old addresses will remain valid forever!

since these two use the same method of creating an address they both have the same private keys in code level so you have a hope of recovering it.

I think it will be resulting to an error transaction, the wallet I am using now is a web wallet and if the wallet that you are using is not a bitcoin wallet or the same web wallet I am using, that area will be error, it will not proceed to another page unless you change your wallet. I don't think this will be recovered because it will be directing to another digital currency. Is there any chance that it might be converted to another digital currency, for example these incident, you sent an LTC to BTC, what if it is received and in it converted to BTC?

But what are the odds of the address be a valid Bitcoin one too? Shouldn't be different than the odds of a random string started with 3 be a valid address, that is, almost none

i am not 100% familiar with LTC and multisignatures but there are not "odds" because these addresses are not random strings. they are generated using the same procedure{RIPEMD160(SHA256(redeemScript))} and both of them are following the same rules called "base58 encoding" which means the wallet only checks this. you can read more about the details here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Base58Check_encoding

I am hoping that the Bitcoin can be recovered as soon as possible. I am wondering why it was not categorized as transaction error...must be because it was possible to send BTC to LTC and vice versa. Now, am thinking, would it not be great if one day we can crisscross the road...I mean we can send any type of cryptocurrency to any wallet as long as it is also a crypto? However, that can be far into the future as there are more challenges right now even in Bitcoin that need to be hurdled yet first.

Umm, you sent LTC to a BTC address?  ???

Well, that's new. Did the transaction go through? I am almost 100% sure that the transaction would never go. It would result in an error. Check your original wallet again.

If the transaction did go through..., well like I said that is a first.

Actually this is actually possible in the old version of addresses.
Look at this address for example : 37vkZLnC5ggWqoRojCsLZLaEUYzrfh7mdW

This is actually a BTC address AND a Litecoin address as well.

https://ltc.blockr.io/address/info/37vkZLnC5ggWqoRojCsLZLaEUYzrfh7mdW

https://blockr.io/address/info/37vkZLnC5ggWqoRojCsLZLaEUYzrfh7mdW

And a guy actually sent by mistake to it (a year ago) and they're stuck there till now.

So check if that btc address that you sent to exists as a ltc address itself or not.

This is entirely possible. Litecoin multisig addresses used to start with a 3 just like bitcoin addresses and it's easy to mix it up.


It is best to move this thread into the technical support sub-forum because you'll get a lot more knowledgable answers there. I remember though from a long time ago that similar things have happened a lot of people on Bitfinex where they deposited litecoin into a multisig bitcoin address (http://https://archive.litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=26513.0).

In their case bitfinex was able to recover their funds, if bitfinex has a way then you should be able to do it as well. So you have some hope at least ;)

Sorry. I think you just lost your Litecoin - unless you can generate a Litecoin private key that matches the public key.

The math is slightly different, I think. If I'm wrong there might be a chance to get it back, but I don't think so.

Some coins have compatible addresses, and if you have two coins, X and Y, it is possible to send X coins to a Y coin address. The solution is simply to import the private key for the Y coin address into an X coin wallet.

This is the first time I read that it is possible to sent LTC to BTC address and to see someone did this accidentally. And by reading others comment it's legit and possible to happen. I just want to know from OP on what happened. What will happen to the sent btc's? It will burned? Is op will be able to recover his btc? I assume that it won't be converted automatically.

this is why crypto will fail. sell all your coins now

Did you just accidentally sent a litecoin to a bitcoin address? Post the address that you sent the LTC that's odd because it will never go through. But if it is a multisig address that starts with 3, it will go through (i hope not). Contact the support and tell them what happened they will give your coins back.

You should have received an error on sending. If it eventually went through, transaction should not be approved and reimbursed to your wallet once it does not get confirmations for some time. Or at least that is what I am told will happen...

You shouldn't panic, I don't think that BTC wallet will recognise LTC address, so your transaction might result in errors

I don't think so it could happen checkout you wallet again, is there any last transaction appears?. If transaction happened then might be there would be a wallet address of LTC same as your BTC address, your LTC may be sent to that LTC address, however I am not sure about this.

LTC will automatically burned once it sent to BTC addy. This is also same result when a altcoin was send to a wrong address with different coin.
There is no way to recover any transaction that sent already in any cryptocurrency, Just move on and forget the past. You can earned it again.

Thanks, everyone! The responses have been overwhelming! Luckily I sent only $16 of LTC but it's a bummer that this sort of error could happen. I emailed GDAX but I'm honestly not hopeful they will respond. Guess we just have to be super careful with all crypto transactions because the system, at least right now, is very unforgiving of errors.

Side note - something I've been thinking of quite a bit as I transfer crypto to an offline wallet - what happens if Electrum, as an example, ceases to exist? How will we be able to recover our money? Is the answer to save your private key and then sweep it into a different wallet? Is it possible to sweep the private key of one wallet client into another wallet client? Just thinking out loud here.

Well, to hear that you encounter that kind of experience, but you cannot recover it because once it send it can't be return what you had just sent. the only things you can do is accept the fact, and learn a lessons too.

If it makes you feel any better, I did the same thing in 2013 while using www.BTC-E.com . I sent a little over 366 LTC to a BTC address in error.

Man, I wish I could figure out how to get those back. BTC-E does not publish wallet address from where coins are from; only the address they are going to. Not sure if that would help me but I wanted to look it up on the LTC block explorer.

Has anybody had any luck recovering the coins from a transaction like this?

#14760017
-366.593578 LTC
Withdrawal LTC to address 1MYUHE2DkKUenrxwU4geXrG6smNhrREYDp
05.04.13 00:07:44

What happen to this? You didn't still able to get those LTC back? Seeing on the date its year 2013? If you would contact them regarding on this matter they will surely not entertain anymore on a 4 year old transaction.I know you didn't bother to seek for it on those years but for now you would really have too considering on the value of those LTC. its about 6.79 btc on the current exchange. Back to topic how would you able to send and put the ltc address valid on a btc address input bar? Is it possible?

I'm sorry but you must be confused. You can't send LTC to 1MYUHE2DkKUenrxwU4geXrG6smNhrREYDp. It is not a valid LTC address. Try it. You won't get very far.

I still do not have the LTC. I've reached out to BTC-E several times trying to obtain original LTC wallet address but they are not helpful and tell me the coins are lost. They keep forwarding this response when I ask for the address: "Dear Customer,  Thank you for contacting BTC-e. If you sent the coins to the address of another network, then they skb are lost, we can not return this trinization. If you have further questions, do not hesitate to contact us again.  Best Regards,  BTC-e Support"

After reading several other posts and forums, BTC-E does not appear to have the greatest reputation on the support side and many claim they have been scammed by them. BTC-E just ignore my requests now. I don't know how make them cooperate.

Back in 2013 BTC-E processed the transaction even if it went to a not valid LTC address. It was an error on my part for sending it to wrong address but there is a LTC wallet address out there that has the 366 coins with it which BTC-e will not give me; even though it was on my account. If anyone can help me get the coins back or give me a lead to someone at BTCe that will help me get the coins back then I will offer a 40 LTC reward for your efforts.

I did the same few days ago. From Coinbase to Bitstamp. The LTC to BTC account, Bitstamp never received it but following the route, I see that they are accepted being sent to our BTC address. So, should them just bounce back or do I need to forget them? Thank you.

Well, if that's a huge amount then yes. I know it's a stupid mistake that I know some people have done but you just got to be sure that the transaction is really directing to your own btc address. Submit a ticket to their support if that is possible.

Hey guys I made a tutorial on how to recover LTC from a Multisig 2fa BTC electrum wallet. You need to have the wallet seed for the BTC wallet. Ignore the people that say it is not possible. Hope it helps someone, let me know in the comments on youtube. Let me know if you have any questions about it. Also if you are the first person to watch the video you can take the 0.1 LTC using my wallet seed :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umsIy1ks8vg&t=41s

Sadly, i sent 10x LTC from Coinbase to Bitstamp Bitcoin wallet by mistake last week, there was no error or anything happen. Transaction was smooth.
Now Coinbase shows transaction completed and not much help they could provide. No coin received at BTC,  Bitstamp never bothered to reply their support ticket.

I hope someone will be able to guide me to recover it.

Won't result an error as the  MultiSig wallets and also the new segwit addresses start with 3, and litecoin protocol allowa sending funds to addresses starting with 3.

It would be impossible to recover the funds as the spending script hash is different at both chains, I think that you should be better be careful at the next time, always double check where you send your bitcoin to, as reversing bitcoin payments is impossible.
 

I had same situation right now. So the LTC will be gone forever? Hopefully, someday alt coins developer will be able to make an automatic rejection to erroneous transaction like this.

The amount of incorrect answers and spammers posting things they don't know are bothering me. If I was theymos in this situation, I would just perma ban this kind of users who can't spend 3 minutes searching on Google before posting shit just so they can get paid in their signature campaign. </rant>

@OP: In almost all cases, the LTC is not gone forever. Actually, you can recover it in a fairly easy way if you own the wallet where you sent the coins.

How to recover your LTC sent to an Electrum BTC multi-sig (TrustedCoin) wallet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umsIy1ks8vg

The problem is the wallet that I used to sent is my poloniex account. I'm transferring it to my fiat exchange site. I just forgot to exchange it to BTC before sending.

I was talking to the OP, since he sent the LTC to a wallet where he controls the private-keys (Electrum).

In your case, you will need to contact the support of the website and ask for help. If they don't want to help you, your coins are gone.

Yeah... I also anticipated that if ever they will recover it, they will keep the coins by themselves. It's really a very costly mistake :(