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January 21, 2016, 06:30:18 AM |
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I just started trading bitcoins and altcoins last week. Tuesday, I made the dumb mistake of trying to send USDTs (tethers) from Poloniex to my Coinbase BTC wallet. I sent about 123 USDT.
Poloniex confirmed the transaction, but I ended up receiving .0000273 bitcoins (.01 USDT) in my Coinbase wallet.
I don't understand why this bitcoin transaction even occurred, since I didn't send any bitcoins, only USDT.
Are the USDTs destroyed? Or did Coinbase keep them and give me this minuscule amount of bitcoins instead?
Poloniex told me to talk to Coinbase, and the person who responded from Coinbase didn't make any sense. He didn't know what USDTs are, (he thought I was complaining about the price of bitcoin changing...) and they have not replied to my follow-up queries.
I don't expect to get the money back at this point, but if someone can confirm it is lost, I would appreciate it.
Also, why would Coinbase deposit this tiny amount of bitcoins into my BTC wallet following a failed USDT transaction?
A moderator in the Poloniex chat box said that the transaction should have been rejected from the start, since the deposit address should have been recognized as non-USDT. Is that true? Poloniex support will not discuss the issue.
This is the hash:
b14b84d3cc041520ea01c0ef469b0bff838a898a0629a64d722e44d4e4c59b3e
Thanks
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