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If BTC is sent to an ETH address, what will happen to the BTC? Will the BTC reach the address and wallet? Or definitely lost?

If lost, how to retrieve the BTC?

To give you the answer I tried with Electrum and this is what I found:
https://i.imgur.com/57PX4HF.png

So the summary is - you can not send BTC to an ETH address.

That’s not possible, there should be error on that kind of transaction but if its already approved or what then its already a lost to you. Everything that is transacted on blockchain can’t be edited, so always take care on putting addresses.

Many Wallet providers mechanism will make it read error meaning the wallet is incorrect, there was a day I mistakenly entered another altcoin wallet similar to bitcoin wallet in blockchain .com app, it just showed me it was incorrect address or the address is invalid. Should the transaction had been signed, it would have been loss forever, or maybe it might just bounce back, but am sure it will be loss forever. 

There's always a reminder of the exchange that I use that says, always check the wallet address before sending any amount to my bitcoin address. And any other crypto that will be sent to the wallet will be permanently gone and won't be able to retrieve.
I haven't tried it personally but the screenshot above tells that it's impossible.

I don't think that will be possible.
because obviously the currency used is different. and maybe your digital money won't be sent so I don't think anyone will lose money. and when it is lost usually cryptic money or digital money cannot be taken back.

I think the system will warn the format of the wallet address to be sent.
Some systems have no warning, wallet format, for example ERC20 is 0x ...
If you send the wrong address, it may be sent to someone or an unrealistic address. Of course, this can't help you get your money back

Bitcoin address are limited to 26 to 35 characters if you include every form of them while the address of Ethereum is fixed to 42 characters (including the 0x), so almost all wallets would recognize the entered address is not correct for bitcoin and prompt it and deny the transaction.

You will always fail to send Bitcoin to Ethereum wallet, you can try the opposite if you send ethereum to the BTC wallet.
you will receive an invalid wallet address message.

in my opinion it will fail, because the address between Bitcoin and Ethereum is different, so the possibilities are 2, that is :
1. Bitcoin that you want transfer to Ethereum address will fail (error)
2. Bitcoin is successfully sent to your Ethereum address, but Bitcoin will disappear before the transaction is complete
so I'm sure Bitcoin can't be transferred using Ethereum address, then if Bitcoin you transfer is lost, I am sure there will be no way to return it.

Most probably if the transaction has passed through then there is no way to retrieve your btc back but most of the wallets do give an error when trying to send a different coin to some different blockchain.

You would definitely get an error when inputting an ETH address into a BTC wallet.So the answer is definitely NO!

You cant crosschain yet btc and eth are 2 entire different blockchains.

Ideally, the transaction is not suppose to go through but I don't know the wallet you are using, both have different address Structure and won't be recognized, but if the transaction was sent then that means you have lost your BTC, hope is not huge money

BTC use the different blockchain and remember bitcoin blockchain is not using the same algo with what already used by ethereum. when you are sending bitcoin to the ethereum and that will be erased and it must not be included in the bitcoin's circulation caused by your bitcoin already disappeared. You will definitely be lost your bitcoin.

I don't know about BTC but I have tried something similar with an ethereum wallet and I couldn't send the tokens because the wallet address wasn't accepted, I think same thing would apply to a BTC wallet too.

I think it's never been done before because there are parameters to follow about the string and the character, so even if you're that sleepy you cannot send bitcoin to an eth address, how did you come out with that question have you or any of your friend or you are just curious?

You can't do it. LOL

It will not disappear, because the BTC wallet format will not respond if you enter the ETH wallet address. When you enter the ETH wallet address and you send it will say 'Your wallet address is wrong'.
Unless you send BTC to the BTC address, but there are one or two numbers that are wrong on the BTC address, then BTC will be sent, and it will be lost, then it cannot be returned to the base wallet.
So don't think about sending BTC to ETH address, then BTC will change to ETH, or vice versa. Sending a token (erc20) to an ETH address will also not change to ETH. They have their own code.
But if you send an ERC20 token to any ETH address, the transaction process is successful. But it cannot be returned, because the ETH address does not have a key.

You cannot send any other assets to ETH address if they are not ERC-20 based tokens, otherwise you will lose your money. The same is with BTC address, where only BTC coins are accepted and no other crypto assets.

it can be identified through seeing how many characters of the address but when OP is still using an old version of the wallet and that will not available and that's why we are talking about the possibility of that case here. A coin sent to the different blockchain will totally disappear or got burned.

You can just simply look a post above you and it will all clear mate because he actually show the result here

And I believe this will happen though I never tried once sending btc to eth wallet

You can't make a transfer from a BTC address to an ETH address. They are not on the same blockchain and they don't have the same address format.
But beware that transferring from a BTC address to a BCH format address is possible as they have the same address format as BCH is a fork from Bitcoin.
But you are only sending the coins to the BTC blockchain. That's why you need to use Exchanges to buy coins from another blockchain.

I believe if anyone mistakenly do this and wants to recover the BTC then they can.

I did not get it. I can buy BCH from anyone if I want and so can I do for BTC too.

The point is it's not really possible to send BTC to ETH address or ETH to BTC address, ETH address is always 40 characters alphanumerics and BTC address is less than 40 characters, at the point of confirming address before sending BTC to ETH address, u should get error of wallet address. I hope this helps out

Like others said you will get an error message while click send transaction or you will lose your bitcoin or ethereum completely when it comes from an exchange and the exchange will take all your funds.

The address formats are not the same so you can't do that.
Your software wallet should raise an error, and if it doesn't do that, I think it will convert your ethereum address in a random exotic btc address and your funds will be lost.  :-\

If you are dealing with different far away blockchains in terms of algorithm, the transaction will not be executed, except they have close algorithm, for instance, you are dealing with the wallets of a coin and its form, then there is every likelihood you lose the fund. In your own case, the transaction will not at all be executed.

Did you actually tried before asking the question ? I think it won't be possible because the length
of bitcoin address and ethereum address are different each other.
On most crypto exchanges, you cannot withdraw your BTC to ETH address wallet.

Yeah right, but it depends on the wallet used, sometimes the wallet has a system to detect coin addresses. They have a format for each coin address and will send an error message when the user enters the wrong address format. But it will be disastrous if the wallet does not have this system, funds may be sent to the random address you mentioned and will lose all funds sent.

I think still using the recommended wallet, such as Electrum, Trezor, etc. They have a detection system at every coin address.

Obviously, the OP hasn't tried this one, maybe he/she is just asking hypothetical questions here. But majority here knows that it's not possible because of the formats and someone even shows that it can't be done.

It will definitely lose and cannot be refunded. That is one of the functions of Blockchain. Only transactions are possible and cannot be refunded if you enter the wrong address.
So be careful in making transactions. You need to check it carefully before doing it.

You will not be able to send BTC to the ETH address. But if suddenly you succeed (by some miracle) - the funds will be lost. Transactions in the Bitcoin network are irreversible.

of course it cant, and it will result failed or error, and making lost your btc, and cant be retrieved.

I think people confuse the address of the btc wallet and the omni-usdt wallet address. It is difficult to confuse the btc and eth wallet addresses because they are not the same, when sending money, they will be sent an error that cannot be sent.

I think you will not be able to make transactions. It is possible that the system will notify you of an invalid address and you need to check it again

Cannot retrieve the bitcoin that you sent to the ETH address. Your BTC will burn, just as you send ERC20 in an ETH exchange wallet. Your coins will disappear. This is based on the description of each exchange that I use.

Correct on the first part but completely wrong on the second part.

If you withdraw from an exchange and it is a wrong format, the exchange should work just like your wallet and recognize that the format is wrong. However, if the format is correct (like sending BTC to BCH), then the exchange will process it automatically anyway and the funds will be in the new BTC address same as BCH.

It seems that the system will prompt you, the address is incorrect, you can not send Bitcoin, if the system does not prompt, then your cryptocurrency will be lost, I hope you can learn this lesson, should reduce this operation error.

That will be really wrong and something just nee done about that if that is the case because it may tend to discourage some investors or users knowing that they are not covered by this and you know If it was a traditional bank system, they would have been able to recall it, so we cannot give traditional banks options to see the weakness cryptocurrency.

I have never had this kind of challenges before, but I think in one way, it should still be possible to recall it through blockchain because I saw a similar case somewhere, where the person mistakenly sent the bitcoin to a bitcoin cash account, but someone said it could be retracted though, I have forgotten the procedure but would have to check the post again to see what the method would be for the process to complete.

There will be reminders from the wallet or exchange. my experience has been sending a doge but I copied the wallet eth there was a warning from the system to change the correct doge address.

I think if we use an online wallet, the wallet version will automatically change (update). If the OP uses an offline wallet, chances are the coin will be lost. But most wallets will be updated. But I don't understand about hardware wallets. Will it be the same as software. Because I have never used a hardware wallet.

I don't think online wallet can easily renew BTC to ETH either, because it is agreed that we understand that they have different blocks, even though the ETH and BTC system is almost the same. but in my opinion it's still very unlikely, can you provide us with an online wallet reference that can update BTC to ETH?

It is technically not possible to send BTC to an ETH address, you will get an error and a warning from your wallet service, most likely. But if the BTC is sent it is lost surely, you cant retrieve BTC or any similar decentralized cryptocurrency after sending your coins. So be careful and check twice the address you are going to send the payment to.

You will lose your btc coins, it is different blockchain 
This happen with me but with USDT and BCH

The update in quotes isn't changed so that it can send BTC to the ETH wallet, but the wallet script is changing. When talking with HTML code, starting with HTML V 2.0 code, many now use HTML V 5.  If you talk about wallet issues, for example, the imToken wallet from version 1.0, has changed to Version 2.0. Which of course this can not be run on an offline wallet.

Bitcoin and ETH address have different form and impossible you can sent your bitcoin to ETH address, there are unavailable if you use eth address to sent bitcoin, maybe if other coin have erc20 platform you can use eth address for sending but your token will be lost and you success for sent it, BTC and eth address have different purchase payment platform.

Indeed, this transaction wont be succeeded, they have different form of address and its impossible to send btc to eth address, the transaction will only reverese or wont send and an error prompt will show that sending funds from eth address is not valid or wallet does not exist. I tried it before for some mistake and luckily its impossible to send funds.

I tried it also in our local exchange, sending btc to eth address and this is the error that I get. "Please input a valid email, phone #, name or BTC address
".

But I am not that sure with other wallet whether the transaction will push through or not because if it will push through then your money will surely be lost and cannot be recovered anymore. It is considered as burn, so it's better that you should triple check everything to avoid this kind of mistake to happen.

You will never be able to send Bitcoins to an Ethereum address. All normal wallets and services are protected from this kind of error. However, you may mistakenly send ERC20 tokens to a different not meant for them ERC20 address. In this case, the tokens may be lost forever. That is, you need to be careful when you use different tokens of the same platform.

I agree with you! The two systems have different formats, if you transfer BTC to an atcoin wallet address in the same format as Bitcoin, I think you will definitely lose, so when send in large volumes, you should try with the possible loss. Good luck!

Be carefulof doing this , some wallet are give us warning or error message, but i've ever make a mistake send a currency to other currency from an exchange, no error message and my balance is gone.

Any bitcoin transaction that was sent to ETH wallet will not be completed, they have different blocks which separate both of them, for this reason even if you mistakenly send a bitcoin to eth wallet, nothing will be charged to your wallet and the same will happen if you send eth to btc wallet.

You can't, you can't send BTC to Eth, because it will invalid the address when you enter it. other than that, if BTC were successfully sent to the ETH address, it would not appear. and will not be returned. because the nature of the blockchain is a one-time transaction (one-way sending)

Impossible, no matter which wallet you are sending the btc from you will get a sending error even before you sent it out, the wallet will recognise the address as invalid, why would you even want to try this out anyway? sounds kinda funny to me

It’s been clearly answered you cannot send Btc to an Eth address. It’s weird because we easily recognized if the address is btc or eth. You will know what address starts for eth and btc, definitely there’s an error on your transactions.

You can't sent any coins to different blockchain. Theoretically its impossible. Bitcoin has own blockchain and Ethereum has own blockchain. So its impossible to send bitcoin to the Ethereum address. It should be detected by your wallet as said above but many users. Transaction won't complete if even any wallet broadcasts any transaction to the blockchain incase failed to detect. So you don't need worry about retrieve since transaction will never happen. If you have any such as case then share with us.

That will not happen to people who know where the BTC wallet and the ETH wallet are, certainly distinguish it, if sent to the ETH address it will fail btc will not be sent, so for me this is a joke asking this,

Not to an eth address. The addresses look completely different and work differently too. They not even the same length I don't think. But it is good you ask so you do not lose any tokens. I must tell you that you can still make this error with other currencies. Bitcoincash you bitcoin use the same address. So you can make a mess like that. Always make sure you double or triple check the address you are sending to. Don't just copy and paste it and expect it to always be right. You could make a mistake so manually check it.