Accidentally sent LTC to BTC address

[cryptosize28]

I just accidentally sent some LTC from GDAXX to my Electrum BTC Wallet. Transfer ID is 2615b987-10b5-4a73-9b65-e835e7a43fd0

Any way to recover that?! Thank you!!

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[elite3000]

There is no way this could happen, transaction would result in error.

If was from some service then contact their support, if from your wallet then reset the chain or export the key to other wallet because the transaction never happened

[olubams]

Even if eventually sent it, I expect that it should be returned back to your wallet since there is no way it would be delivered and the moment that is not happening it going back to source. But like the earlier poster said how will that even be possible considering the destination address will be wrong. But if the fund was lost, then I see that as a deficiency on the part of blockchain technology.

[pooya87]

There is no way this could happen, transaction would result in error.

If was from some service then contact their support, if from your wallet then reset the chain or export the key to other wallet because the transaction never happened

~considering the destination address will be wrong. ~

no it won't if he used a multisignature address!
Litecoin used to have the same version field (which resulted in multi signature addresses start with 3) as bitcoin so it is possible to send LTC to BTC address and vice versa and don't get any errors. because it is a valid address.

they changed this to "M" recently though. but the old addresses will remain valid forever!

since these two use the same method of creating an address they both have the same private keys in code level so you have a hope of recovering it.

[FlightyPouch]

I just accidentally sent some LTC from GDAXX to my Electrum BTC Wallet. Transfer ID is 2615b987-10b5-4a73-9b65-e835e7a43fd0

Any way to recover that?! Thank you!!

I think it will be resulting to an error transaction, the wallet I am using now is a web wallet and if the wallet that you are using is not a bitcoin wallet or the same web wallet I am using, that area will be error, it will not proceed to another page unless you change your wallet. I don't think this will be recovered because it will be directing to another digital currency. Is there any chance that it might be converted to another digital currency, for example these incident, you sent an LTC to BTC, what if it is received and in it converted to BTC?

[elite3000]

There is no way this could happen, transaction would result in error.

If was from some service then contact their support, if from your wallet then reset the chain or export the key to other wallet because the transaction never happened

~considering the destination address will be wrong. ~

no it won't if he used a multisignature address!
Litecoin used to have the same version field (which resulted in multi signature addresses start with 3) as bitcoin so it is possible to send LTC to BTC address and vice versa and don't get any errors. because it is a valid address.

they changed this to "M" recently though. but the old addresses will remain valid forever!

since these two use the same method of creating an address they both have the same private keys in code level so you have a hope of recovering it.

But what are the odds of the address be a valid Bitcoin one too? Shouldn't be different than the odds of a random string started with 3 be a valid address, that is, almost none

[pooya87]

There is no way this could happen, transaction would result in error.

If was from some service then contact their support, if from your wallet then reset the chain or export the key to other wallet because the transaction never happened

~considering the destination address will be wrong. ~

no it won't if he used a multisignature address!
Litecoin used to have the same version field (which resulted in multi signature addresses start with 3) as bitcoin so it is possible to send LTC to BTC address and vice versa and don't get any errors. because it is a valid address.

they changed this to "M" recently though. but the old addresses will remain valid forever!

since these two use the same method of creating an address they both have the same private keys in code level so you have a hope of recovering it.

But what are the odds of the address be a valid Bitcoin one too? Shouldn't be different than the odds of a random string started with 3 be a valid address, that is, almost none

i am not 100% familiar with LTC and multisignatures but there are not "odds" because these addresses are not random strings. they are generated using the same procedure{RIPEMD160(SHA256(redeemScript))} and both of them are following the same rules called "base58 encoding" which means the wallet only checks this. you can read more about the details here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Base58Check_encoding

[iamTom123]

I just accidentally sent some LTC from GDAXX to my Electrum BTC Wallet. Transfer ID is 2615b987-10b5-4a73-9b65-e835e7a43fd0

Any way to recover that?! Thank you!!

I think it will be resulting to an error transaction, the wallet I am using now is a web wallet and if the wallet that you are using is not a bitcoin wallet or the same web wallet I am using, that area will be error, it will not proceed to another page unless you change your wallet. I don't think this will be recovered because it will be directing to another digital currency. Is there any chance that it might be converted to another digital currency, for example these incident, you sent an LTC to BTC, what if it is received and in it converted to BTC?

I am hoping that the Bitcoin can be recovered as soon as possible. I am wondering why it was not categorized as transaction error...must be because it was possible to send BTC to LTC and vice versa. Now, am thinking, would it not be great if one day we can crisscross the road...I mean we can send any type of cryptocurrency to any wallet as long as it is also a crypto? However, that can be far into the future as there are more challenges right now even in Bitcoin that need to be hurdled yet first.

[DOGE12321]

Umm, you sent LTC to a BTC address? 

Well, that's new. Did the transaction go through? I am almost 100% sure that the transaction would never go. It would result in an error. Check your original wallet again.

If the transaction did go through..., well like I said that is a first.

[ahmedjamal1998]

Actually this is actually possible in the old version of addresses.
Look at this address for example : 37vkZLnC5ggWqoRojCsLZLaEUYzrfh7mdW

This is actually a BTC address AND a Litecoin address as well.

https://ltc.blockr.io/address/info/37vkZLnC5ggWqoRojCsLZLaEUYzrfh7mdW

https://blockr.io/address/info/37vkZLnC5ggWqoRojCsLZLaEUYzrfh7mdW

And a guy actually sent by mistake to it (a year ago) and they're stuck there till now.

So check if that btc address that you sent to exists as a ltc address itself or not.

[jorneyflair]

Umm, you sent LTC to a BTC address?  

Well, that's new. Did the transaction go through? I am almost 100% sure that the transaction would never go. It would result in an error. Check your original wallet again.

If the transaction did go through..., well like I said that is a first.

This is entirely possible. Litecoin multisig addresses used to start with a 3 just like bitcoin addresses and it's easy to mix it up.

I just accidentally sent some LTC from GDAXX to my Electrum BTC Wallet. Transfer ID is 2615b987-10b5-4a73-9b65-e835e7a43fd0

Any way to recover that?! Thank you!!

It is best to move this thread into the technical support sub-forum because you'll get a lot more knowledgable answers there. I remember though from a long time ago that similar things have happened a lot of people on Bitfinex where they deposited litecoin into a multisig bitcoin address.

In their case bitfinex was able to recover their funds, if bitfinex has a way then you should be able to do it as well. So you have some hope at least

[Dude.Lebowski]

I just accidentally sent some LTC from GDAXX to my Electrum BTC Wallet. Transfer ID is 2615b987-10b5-4a73-9b65-e835e7a43fd0

Any way to recover that?! Thank you!!

Sorry. I think you just lost your Litecoin - unless you can generate a Litecoin private key that matches the public key.

The math is slightly different, I think. If I'm wrong there might be a chance to get it back, but I don't think so.

[odolvlobo]

I just accidentally sent some LTC from GDAXX to my Electrum BTC Wallet. Transfer ID is 2615b987-10b5-4a73-9b65-e835e7a43fd0

Any way to recover that?! Thank you!!

Some coins have compatible addresses, and if you have two coins, X and Y, it is possible to send X coins to a Y coin address. The solution is simply to import the private key for the Y coin address into an X coin wallet.

[batang_bitcoin]

This is the first time I read that it is possible to sent LTC to BTC address and to see someone did this accidentally. And by reading others comment it's legit and possible to happen. I just want to know from OP on what happened. What will happen to the sent btc's? It will burned? Is op will be able to recover his btc? I assume that it won't be converted automatically.

[daoneway]

this is why crypto will fail. sell all your coins now

[lighpulsar07]

Did you just accidentally sent a litecoin to a bitcoin address? Post the address that you sent the LTC that's odd because it will never go through. But if it is a multisig address that starts with 3, it will go through (i hope not). Contact the support and tell them what happened they will give your coins back.

[maokoto]

You should have received an error on sending. If it eventually went through, transaction should not be approved and reimbursed to your wallet once it does not get confirmations for some time. Or at least that is what I am told will happen...

[FloraMullan]

You shouldn't panic, I don't think that BTC wallet will recognise LTC address, so your transaction might result in errors

[malikusama]

I don't think so it could happen checkout you wallet again, is there any last transaction appears?. If transaction happened then might be there would be a wallet address of LTC same as your BTC address, your LTC may be sent to that LTC address, however I am not sure about this.

[vasrasus]

LTC will automatically burned once it sent to BTC addy. This is also same result when a altcoin was send to a wrong address with different coin.
There is no way to recover any transaction that sent already in any cryptocurrency, Just move on and forget the past. You can earned it again.