If i send my bitcoins to a wrong address, what happens?

[asdalani]

From what I have heard they are lost for ever into the bitcoin void. Or you could have sent them to someone and if hes really honest he can send them back. But the probability of that happening is pretty slim.

Technically the coins are not lost forever. The coins can get returned if he knows how to bruteforce a wallet.

[ObroQ]

Well, it's like real life, if you loose your money you won't get them back. Maybe the owner of the adress you sent is kind enough to give your money back

[AyaYotoko]

There is no way to recover to regain them................

if you had simply mistyped a few of the letters or numbers in the address, it's unlikely the client would have let you send them. If, however, you pasted in a different and valid address, the coins are already transferred to it permanently.
In this scenario, Bitcoin works pretty much like cash there is no way to get it back after giving it away. No way to recover them .......

[asdalani]

There is no way to recover to regain them................

if you had simply mistyped a few of the letters or numbers in the address, it's unlikely the client would have let you send them.

I don't know what wallet you use that does that....All the wallets that I use would send coins even if the letters or numbers were mistyped.

[kinzey]

Hi!
As the title says, what happens if i get an address wrong? Do the coins get lost?
If that's what happens, why not change the code in Bitcoin, so that if the bitcoin network cant detect that address, returns the bitcoins to you?

There's no way you get it back. Try to double check before sending bitcoin. If it's easy to change code in bitcoin, i think developers would have done it by now.

[Mellifluous]

I think you would lose it forever if that address does exist,
For example you mistype it or you send it to a wrong person then there is no way that you could get it back unless the person is too kind to give your money back.

[V. J. Meyer]

I think if the address exists, you will lose all your bitcoin and if it not exist, you will be refund.

[Harper6]

Hi!
As the title says, what happens if i get an address wrong? Do the coins get lost?
If that's what happens, why not change the code in Bitcoin, so that if the bitcoin network cant detect that address, returns the bitcoins to you?

I think that would be very bad for you but i guess a very excellent day for that soneone who would have coins appearing out of nowhere and then you would lose it. I guess that is something that all of is would not want no matter how rich we get in bitcoin

I think it’s a good thing if you send bitcoin on wrong address by mistake if they see that these are coins  so defiantly he will start search of it that what is bitcoin and how it work and it depend on him that what he will do with your bitcoin and I think he will return you back so in one condition I’m sure that he will join bitcoin because bitcoin is now a very valuable currency and its demand is very high so nothings to worry about it if you send by mistake bitcoin on wrong address.

[SIHIN]

You will lost your bitcoin.  And you can not get it back.  Because nothing application to back it.  I hope some day there is a application which can get back bitcoin if send to wrong address. 

[MuhNofa]

of course you will lose your coins or maybe even your coins will go into someone else's wallet. I guess that's what will happen if you mistakenly fill in the address you'll send bitcoin or another coin.

[Digitalbitcoin]

Bitcoin is decentralized and ledger of non reversible transaction so no one control it. Second important thing to keep in mind while doing Bitcoin's transaction is do double check everything before making process to transaction. As Bitcoin is decentralized there is no customer support.

Hi!
As the title says, what happens if i get an address wrong? Do the coins get lost?
If that's what happens, why not change the code in Bitcoin, so that if the bitcoin network cant detect that address, returns the bitcoins to you?

If Bitcoins transferred to wrong address then it will loss permanently. As two possibilities
1) If BTC Address is wrong then there is revere payment.
2) If send to anonymous address then also no chance to recover funds from user due to anonymity.

[JohnBitCo]

Bitcoin is decentralized and ledger of non reversible transaction so no one control it. Second important thing to keep in mind while doing Bitcoin's transaction is do double check everything before making process to transaction. As Bitcoin is decentralized there is no customer support.

Hi!
As the title says, what happens if i get an address wrong? Do the coins get lost?
If that's what happens, why not change the code in Bitcoin, so that if the bitcoin network cant detect that address, returns the bitcoins to you?

If Bitcoins transferred to wrong address then it will loss permanently. As two possibilities
1) If BTC Address is wrong then there is revere payment.
2) If send to anonymous address then also no chance to recover funds from user due to anonymity.

Other than these two option there is also one more condition. As we know coinbase allow bitcoins to transfer from coinbase account to another coinbase account through email. In this way  if you send bitcoins to a wrong email address through coinbase, you can them email that person and request him a refund. Other than that, i don't see bitcoins coming back to you.

[Ronyx]

Hi!
As the title says, what happens if i get an address wrong? Do the coins get lost?
If that's what happens, why not change the code in Bitcoin, so that if the bitcoin network cant detect that address, returns the bitcoins to you?

need to be careful in writing the wallet address, and more thoroughly before being sent to minimize address errors in the delivery.

[FiiNALiZE]

I think if the address exists, you will lose all your bitcoin and if it not exist, you will be refund.

I think that most people wouldn't send the money back if they received the coins, so the money is probably going to be gone.

[Inkdatar]

Hi!
As the title says, what happens if i get an address wrong? Do the coins get lost?
If that's what happens, why not change the code in Bitcoin, so that if the bitcoin network cant detect that address, returns the bitcoins to you?

need to be careful in writing the wallet address, and more thoroughly before being sent to minimize address errors in the delivery.

This case if sent bitcoin to wrong address it will not return back to you. It will not lost its just sent to the recepient. Yes if we will send btc we should really be careful and verify more times the address to send your btc.

[TrunksIsHere]

Well , someone with that address is having a very nice day. Maybe he will send you back some coins but I doubt it , there's no nice persons here they are all greedy.

[alexsandria]

Hi!
As the title says, what happens if i get an address wrong? Do the coins get lost?
If that's what happens, why not change the code in Bitcoin, so that if the bitcoin network cant detect that address, returns the bitcoins to you?

Well, I guess if you send it to a owner of that address then your btc will somehow go to his account and you can't do anything to get it back unless you contact him or you know him. And if that address doesn't have any owner or let's just say invalid address, I think your money will be back on your account. That's all.

[ToyotaFortuner]

Hi!
As the title says, what happens if i get an address wrong? Do the coins get lost?
If that's what happens, why not change the code in Bitcoin, so that if the bitcoin network cant detect that address, returns the bitcoins to you?

if it happens then you have finished your history, it is a bit excessive but it is in fact not to send a bitcoin to an address that is not an appropriate address because we can not return the wrong bitcoin.

[devcracker]

Hi!
As the title says, what happens if i get an address wrong? Do the coins get lost?
If that's what happens, why not change the code in Bitcoin, so that if the bitcoin network cant detect that address, returns the bitcoins to you?

Since, bitcoin is not physical and transaction has no security check, it's most likely that you'll lose your bitcoins if you send it to a wrong address. Unless or until you trace or find that person and the person is kind enough to return you coins back. So, good practice is to validate the address multiple times before transaction proceeds.

[iron talon]

Hi!
As the title says, what happens if i get an address wrong? Do the coins get lost?
If that's what happens, why not change the code in Bitcoin, so that if the bitcoin network cant detect that address, returns the bitcoins to you?

Well, I guess if you send it to a owner of that address then your btc will somehow go to his account and you can't do anything to get it back unless you contact him or you know him. And if that address doesn't have any owner or let's just say invalid address, I think your money will be back on your account. That's all.

In this case, 99.99999999% you don't know the owner of the address. Then you can forget about that bitcoins, they're lost forever. If you saw it instantly, you can try to make another transaction with extremely higher fees to save your bitcoins.