if you entered your wallet and you found 50BTC what you will do ?

[asad777]

you found 50BTC transacted from someone that you dont know what you will do ?
for me i will refund it
and type a note :
dude, your money is not a toy...
tips are welcomed
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what you will do ?
and if you asked him for a tip do you think he will accept ?
or will send some of it only ?

[el kaka22]

Yep, I've seen someone got 50 BTC lost to a brain wallet with blank passphrase and the coins don't got returned...

For me, I will send 90% of the amount back and keep 10% of that (5 BTC) as my commission and rewards

BTW I have once sold something unsuccessfully and I've return all BTC to the buyer (with tx fee deducted).

[TheButterZone]

Don't "refund". You don't know if the BTC you're blindly "refunding" will actually be going to the legitimate owner.

Also, if it wasn't a mistaken send to your address (in which case, someone will probably be posting a "lost my BTC" thread on this forum or /r/bitcoin about it), it's likely your wallet has a crap PRNG, so you shouldn't send it to any other address generated by that wallet, you should copy/paste an address from another wallet of yours, ideally on a different device, and send the BTC to yourself. Then watch for a "lost my BTC" thread to appear on the aforementioned places. Whoever legitimately owned the BTC should be able to send you a random string of text (that you give them) signed with their sending key(s) AND the same key you collided with due to the crap PRNG.

[Klestin]

The chances that it was a random error/typing error/etc are virtually nil.  It would have to be someone who knows you/has transacted with you/etc.  So, be nice to the people you know and return it.

[TheButterZone]

The chances that it was a random error/typing error/etc are virtually nil.  It would have to be someone who knows you/has transacted with you/etc.  So, be nice to the people you know and return it.

Or they'd had your address in their clipboard, randomly putting them into bc.i, but they didn't immediately recognize it when pasting, and they freak out after the erroneous send, and post a thread. Pretty sure this has happened at least a few times before. Google isn't 100% either.

[pooya87]

you found 50BTC transacted from someone that you dont know what you will do ?
for me i will refund it
and type a note :
dude, your money is not a toy...
tips are welcomed
--------------------------------------------
what you will do ?
and if you asked him for a tip do you think he will accept ?
or will send some of it only ?

i will pinch myself to wake up from a dreamy dream!

but seriously if that happens i would google the sender's address to see if i am able to find the owner of the address and maybe return it if i am not tempted to keep

[shane]

what you will do ?
i think this is my luck i will withdraw it

and if you asked him for a tip do you think he will accept ?
No because we not know Who is he, if he use xapo to send we can not trace him

or will send some of it only ?
yes i will send 1BTC with messag who are you if he not reply it 49BTC for me  

[fryarminer]

Hey I just mined two solo blocks!

That used to happen all the time back in the day - but before my time.

[Kakmakr]

Just post on forums and ask if anyone transferred a bunch of bitcoins to the wrong address. Do not mention how much it was and what the address was. Ask that person to send you a PM to discuss the matter.
If you find a likely candidate, ask him to send a small amount to the address again, to prove that it was his bitcoin address. Then transfer the money back to him or her.

I would do that, if I find someone's wallet or credit card on the street. And I have done that before and received a handsome reward for it.

You would want other people to do the same, if it was you. Right?  

[Shinpako09]

Just post on forums and ask if anyone transferred a bunch of bitcoins to the wrong address. Do not mention how much it was and what the address was. Ask that person to send you a PM to discuss the matter.
If you find a likely candidate, ask him to send a small amount to the address again, to prove that it was his bitcoin address. Then transfer the money back to him or her.

I would do that, if I find someone's wallet or credit card on the street. And I have done that before and received a handsome reward for it.

You would want other people to do the same, if it was you. Right?  

right move. Conscience you well, What if the owner earned it for a long time and 50btc is very hard to earn. I would do the same..

[favdesu]

diversify. I'd take half of it and invest in 2-3 projects I care about and would go on a little shopping spree with the rest.

[RustyNomad]

You would want other people to do the same, if it was you. Right?  

As said, do unto others as want done onto you....

And as they also say, karma is a bitch. Some bad luck is bound to befall you sooner than later so do the right thing, get the funds back to its rightful owner.

[Mickeyb]

I would wait that this person contacts me and then I would return him 90% while I would keep 10% as a prize money. I wouldn't send anything back automatically, since you never know what exactly happened and if someone has made an honest mistake and wants his money back, I am sure he would make an effort and contact me in order to get his money back.

[Proxiebuier]

may be i will use it to start building company
or use it to trade in 1month

after it i will send back his 50BTC + 50% profit from my trade  

[Denker]

It is easy to say "I would send it back of course" as long as it is just theory.
In practice the case is very often the real opposite.A person who is in really need of that money will very likely keep it and not say any word. A person who doesn't who have to care financially might send it back.But maybe he is a greedy a**hole and keeps it as well.
This thread makes no sense.

[tadakaluri]

I can invest those 50 Bitcoins in my Business and after one month I can send 1 BTC and ask what happened? in my message.  If I get response, I will refund remaining 49 BTC. (Earnings from my business is my profit).

[Marbit]

I would lend it on loans. Basically I will try to gain more bitcoins with those 50btcs. And then will roll them again and again till the bitcoin prices reaches $500 and will sell them off then. 

[RustyNomad]

I would wait that this person contacts me and then I would return him 90% while I would keep 10% as a prize money. I wouldn't send anything back automatically, since you never know what exactly happened and if someone has made an honest mistake and wants his money back, I am sure he would make an effort and contact me in order to get his money back.

How's he going to contact you? All he has is your address.

Only way I can think is if he sends you another small amount via blockchain and leave an email address as a message/comment on that transaction. But he then has to hope that you actually go there to see such message. There is no other way to contact somebody that I know off.

[Proxiebuier]

I would lend it on loans. Basically I will try to gain more bitcoins with those 50btcs. And then will roll them again and again till the bitcoin prices reaches $500 and will sell them off then. 

why you not use it to start bussines ? like trading may be a exchanger website
don't LOAN to people if you can growth it 

[OmegaStarScream]

you found 50BTC transacted from someone that you dont know what you will do ?
for me i will refund it
and type a note :
dude, your money is not a toy...
tips are welcomed
--------------------------------------------
what you will do ?
and if you asked him for a tip do you think he will accept ?
or will send some of it only ?

There is basically no chance in hell he could write the adress wrong and it go to another adress unless he did it purpose so what I will do with those coins is what I usually do with my coins which is hold , hold and hold till it BTC reach a GOOD amount then Iwithraw