If you recieved random BTC, would you return it?

[kryptqnick]

Let's say you wake up some day and you get like 1 BTC. For me this is a lot. What do you do? You return back the BTC to the owner, do you keep it? and why.

I don't know what I would do to be honest. I mean who knows if the guy that just sent you this is a criminal or a good man? Very tough decision. For someone like me that has a small BTC wallet and is trying to make as much BTC as possible before its too late due price going too high, it would be hard to return it, but I would feel bad to keep it too.

I think I would have some second thoughts but I hope I would choose to give it back or at least inform the owner about the situation

[pandalion98]

Also, if someone were to mistakenly send me maybe 150000 bitcoins, I would not return it since they know better than to ignore who they're sending it to.

"I accidentally sent them, may I have them back?"
Pfft. Impossible for you send me BTC by accident, especially with that large of an amount and considering I usually use vanity addresses. As if 1PandaExaY8XmCLSWbAw2prEjbYKgHY2g wasn't obvious enough.

It's your responsibility to double check, and it's your fault for not doing so. Therefore, your stupidity will give you an expensive lesson. By accidentally sending BTC to that address, you are completely giving up and transferring ownership of said bitcoins to PandaLion98, implicitly or otherwise, and it is at his sole discretion as to what he'll do with it (definitely not going back into your wallet). You have/had all the opportunities to make sure that your bitcoins be sent to your intended recipient, but you blatantly ignored them.

Moral lesson: Always triple check your destination address, especially with large transactions.

I'll be sending a link to this post to whoever messes up and accidentally send me their bitcoins.

[CoinFoxs]

Let me say true about this if ever I received some bitcoins randomly than surely I would like to keep it for me, I'll never send it to back to that address and will consider it as a gift from God.

Hahahaha actually these bitcoins are gift from the one who send these bitcoins to you randomly. But i think its depends on how many bitcoins you recieved, if you get a small amount than you want that money back to the person who sent these to you

[CoinBreader]

1BTC is nothing! but if one day i was opening my wallet and saw 10BTC or 100BTC   i would try to resovle this transcation in order to find the owner and prolly posting on forums ... if it was from an exchange or a mixer...screw im keeping it and i would make it rain to my friends
but since 2012 i havent get any 'faulty' transactions  

[pandalion98]

1BTC is nothing! but if one day i was opening my wallet and saw 10BTC or 100BTC   i would try to resovle this transcation in order to find the owner and prolly posting on forums ... if it was from an exchange or a mixer...screw im keeping it and i would make it rain to my friends
but since 2012 i havent get any 'faulty' transactions  

Depends on how rich the person that received it in my opinion. For me, 1BTC is a lot.

I'm assuming that you're rich. In that case, you can send me some
Make it rain.

[CoinBreader]

1BTC is nothing! but if one day i was opening my wallet and saw 10BTC or 100BTC   i would try to resovle this transcation in order to find the owner and prolly posting on forums ... if it was from an exchange or a mixer...screw im keeping it and i would make it rain to my friends
but since 2012 i havent get any 'faulty' transactions  

Depends on how rich the person that received it in my opinion. For me, 1BTC is a lot.

I'm assuming that you're rich. In that case, you can send me some
Make it rain.

meeehh sorry pal my funding are sitting in a cold wallet, atm im using little BTC for steam games & seedbox lease ! and a little gamble! 

[richkellj]

1BTC is nothing! but if one day i was opening my wallet and saw 10BTC or 100BTC   i would try to resovle this transcation in order to find the owner and prolly posting on forums ... if it was from an exchange or a mixer...screw im keeping it and i would make it rain to my friends
but since 2012 i havent get any 'faulty' transactions  

Depends on how rich the person that received it in my opinion. For me, 1BTC is a lot.

I'm assuming that you're rich. In that case, you can send me some
Make it rain.

meeehh sorry pal my funding are sitting in a cold wallet, atm im using little BTC for steam games & seedbox lease ! and a little gamble! 

Then it'd be safe for us to assume that you are indeed rich and you probably have a lot of games into your Steam account.
1BTC is actually a lot for many people since there are a lot of people that doesn't have any special skill to offer and are having quite a hard time getting bitcoins.

[Superbitzz]

no i never receive any random bitcoin. but perhaps from any how i receive it. then defiantly i will return it to the actual owner. i am still wondering that if it possible that to receive random bitcoin. and if i sent my bitcoin to some one incidentally then if there any option with me to return it  back? i don't think so.

[Blackmet]

I think that yes, because i am very honest with myself and i understand that it's not my money and better to return it. But many people will not return it anyway.

[useless4]

well honestly I will just take 0.1 btc cause I need it so desperately and I will send other back

well i guess that would still be kinda stealing because you would take the money from other people and that would definitely not be good in my opinion, i would most probably sell all the bitcoins

[dustboy]

Simple question but hard to answer, but I think 90% or even more than 90% of us will not send it back. I myself will not send it back if I got it when I do not have enough money but I will send it back if I get it when I have some money.
So it depends on when I received the random btc.

[fitraok09]

if I see the bitcoin which sent to my address and it is not mine, there is a two conditions whom I can do.

• if I see the owner bitcoin, I will contact them. what they are really giving their bitcoins to me. I will return back if they are not really want to giving. I want everyone can trust me,and not want other people no trust to me.
• if I can't see the owner bitcoin, I will waiting during a few month up to a one years. if there is an owner whose claiming their bitcoin own, I will ask their bitcoin address signature whom they using while sent their bitcoin to me. and if all the proof can they give to me, I will return back all their bitcoin
  
  but otherwise if not there claiming, I will assume it is my bitcoin

[iv4n]

Well probably not! The one who made a mistake will think twice next time when he try to send some coins. I would spent it very fast, depending from amount I received I would think is it enough to buy something, or to spend it on some party with friends on drinks and other stuff, or I would put all on red and try to make it double.
But that will never happen to me, I never found some money in my life. So I doubt that I will have more luck now with bitcoins.

[hermanhs09]

Lol,my friend got 0,009 today at his address.
He was thinking about sending it back,but he decided he wont.
And so far,nobody has connected to him to get it back lucky bastard lol

[fitraok09]

Lol,my friend got 0,009 today at his address.
He was thinking about sending it back,but he decided he wont.
And so far,nobody has connected to him to get it back lucky bastard lol

the mostly people like it but don't have to blame them. as a lesson for us to be more careful not to make mistakes back when sending bitcoin

[Kotone]

Let's say you wake up some day and you get like 1 BTC. For me this is a lot. What do you do? You return back the BTC to the owner, do you keep it? and why.

I don't know what I would do to be honest. I mean who knows if the guy that just sent you this is a criminal or a good man? Very tough decision. For someone like me that has a small BTC wallet and is trying to make as much BTC as possible before its too late due price going too high, it would be hard to return it, but I would feel bad to keep it too.

If you have conscience. Then give it back. But if not, then claim it as your own. Because that's the fault of the sender. They can never locate who you are, where you are or what are you doing right now. The only thing they know about you is your BTC address. Just accept it and claim it as your own if you want.

[Posum578]

I am not an angel also i am not rich guy, so if i received random btc i will not send it back
I will claim that is mine. Whatever you say everyone need money to life

[CoinFoxs]

Lol,my friend got 0,009 today at his address.
He was thinking about sending it back,but he decided he wont.
And so far,nobody has connected to him to get it back lucky bastard lol

Mostly people feel lucky when they get bitcoins from other address mistakenly. but i personally think you have to give it back to concerned person because if you send your money mistakenly to others than you will also not get back your bitcoins. So be honest with yourself and send this amount back, I know it is difficult but try to do that it will help you in future.

[entrepmind23]

I would return if the amount of BTC is significant but if it's just a small amount then I would just retain it.

[takingthis4]

I would return if the amount of BTC is significant but if it's just a small amount then I would just retain it.

most probably i would return all the bitcoins i get by mistake too because in my opinion it is definitely better to do that instead of keeping it and feeling all the guilt