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What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address?

April 11, 2013, 11:48:26 PM

Hi all,

Someone has sent me an invalid address. Do the coins come back automagically?

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Each block is stacked on top of the previous one. Adding another block to the top makes all lower blocks more difficult to remove: there is more "weight" above each block. A transaction in a block 6 blocks deep (6 confirmations) will be very difficult to remove.

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Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address?

April 12, 2013, 12:13:22 AM

i think they are gone forever. but it helps deflation of BTC.

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Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address?

April 12, 2013, 12:25:46 AM

Are you serious??

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Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address?

April 12, 2013, 12:28:05 AM

The QT client won't allow sending to an invalid address. Others probably won't either. Perhaps they concatenated the address when it was copy/pasted.

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Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address?

April 12, 2013, 12:40:00 AM

i'll have to try it now that my coins are worthless......

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Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address?

April 12, 2013, 12:51:37 AM

thanks so much for the replies .. it turns out the client hadn't confirmed the transactions for over 24 hours - restarted the client and it confirmed

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Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address?

April 12, 2013, 06:54:05 AM

Quote from: LordGreynick on April 11, 2013, 11:48:26 PM

Hi all,

Someone has sent me an invalid address. Do the coins come back automagically?

coins can't be sent to an invalid address from a client I think - you'll get a message the address in invalid.

If you get a wrong, but working address, then it's an other story..

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Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address?

April 12, 2013, 09:18:57 PM

Invalid address, per definition, are invalid, so the transaction would not complete. Now, if you mistakenly send them to a valid address, then yes, they are lost and you'll make someone very happy indeed.

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Re: What happens if coins are sent to an invalid address?

April 13, 2013, 06:42:43 AM

Post the transaction. Maybe someone will recognize or can otherwise determine who owns the address.

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