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April 05, 2013, 02:38:04 PM |
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Hello, feeling a bit foolish.
I clicked instant payment on deepbit, but the address was an old wallet, long gone.
Anything I can do, it will never be redeemed.
Matt
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Gabi
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April 05, 2013, 02:40:57 PM |
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If you don't have that wallet/the private key, bye bye bitcoins. Bitcoin transactions are irreversible.
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mattjoyce (OP)
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April 05, 2013, 02:43:47 PM |
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Ouch.
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vm1990
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April 05, 2013, 02:44:28 PM |
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maybe try to recover the wallet with software, otherwise your stuffed
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April 05, 2013, 02:44:48 PM |
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What would happen if the Wallet address did not exist at all? (incomplete copy of address, typo etc)?
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mattjoyce (OP)
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April 05, 2013, 02:45:36 PM |
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What would happen if the Wallet address did not exist at all? (incomplete copy of address, typo etc)?
I guess it wouldn't validate. |
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vm1990
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April 05, 2013, 02:45:49 PM |
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it would just sit on the block chain as a weird transaction, it wouldnt reverse or anything
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mattjoyce (OP)
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April 05, 2013, 02:47:15 PM |
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maybe try to recover the wallet with software, otherwise your stuffed
The wallet is long gone. I think there could be some useful improvements, like warning the user that the address has never been seen, are you sure, etc. |
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nathangonmad
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April 05, 2013, 02:47:24 PM |
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I believe it wouldn't allow you to send, don't quote me on that though!
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Gabi
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April 05, 2013, 02:49:23 PM |
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What would happen if the Wallet address did not exist at all? (incomplete copy of address, typo etc)?
It would not be a valid address and the client (i suppose all clients...) would not let you make the transaction. I suppose it apply to deepbit too. Note that the "an address not exist" thing only apply to a mistyped address. If you insert a valid address wich does not exist, you can happily send the bitcoins to it, in a black hole |
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April 05, 2013, 02:50:38 PM |
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You could try to find the wallet. Old harddisks can be fixed. Deleted files restored. And remember to search all your backups.
Bitcoin transactions are final once they're confirmed in the blockchain, so there's no way to reverse the transaction without the wallet keys, sorry.
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April 05, 2013, 02:51:16 PM |
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What would happen if the Wallet address did not exist at all? (incomplete copy of address, typo etc)?
It would not be a valid address and the client (i suppose all clients...) would not let you make the transaction. I suppose it apply to deepbit too. Note that the "an address not exist" thing only apply to a mistyped address. If you insert a valid address wich does not exist, you can happily send the bitcoins to it, in a black hole Thanks. Well, that is one way to beat inflation  |
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richie88
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April 05, 2013, 02:52:33 PM |
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It most likely wouldn't send a typo, as i think its 1 in several billion chance of accidentally creating a valid address.
With the old address they are gone unless you can do a recovery of the file.
I always triple check. Super paranoid when sending.
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mattjoyce (OP)
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April 21, 2013, 09:40:34 AM |
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maybe try to recover the wallet with software, otherwise your stuffed
The wallet is long gone. I think there could be some useful improvements, like warning the user that the address has never been seen, are you sure, etc. OK, feeling hopeful. I found the wallet in an old Carbonite backup. I have restored that to a working bitcoin location, and am now synching. It's taking forever to sync, but fingers crossed. Likely to be successful? |
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April 21, 2013, 09:53:42 AM |
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- snip -
Likely to be successful?
If that wallet has the address in question? Extremely likely to be successful. |
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April 21, 2013, 02:18:24 PM |
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OK, feeling hopeful. I found the wallet in an old Carbonite backup.
I have restored that to a working bitcoin location, and am now synching.
It's taking forever to sync, but fingers crossed.
Likely to be successful?
The suspense is killing me. |
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mattjoyce (OP)
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April 21, 2013, 02:28:03 PM |
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They finally arrived. 9.08 shiny bitcoins.
Happy ending.
Three cheers for online backups.
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April 21, 2013, 02:36:16 PM |
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Great news, 9 BTC is a nice chunk of change. Glad it all worked out for you.
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April 21, 2013, 03:01:34 PM |
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Thank you for posting a timely reminder that we should all have a backup copy of our addresses. K |
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April 21, 2013, 03:32:05 PM |
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Thank you for posting a timely reminder that we should all have a backup copy of our addresses. K Not your addresses. Your wallet. You need to have a backup copy of the file that contains the private keys. If all you have is a copy of your addresses, you will be unable to spend the bitcoins. |
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