Bitcoin recovery

[goinmerry]

I accidentally sent BTC from my Bitcoin wallet in Electrum to a BCC wallet in Bittrex  that I own, but shows empty.  I wanted to know if there was a way for me to recover the BTC from the Bittrex wallet? I have contacted Bittrex but they refuse to help with anything under £5000. And I do mean no help, been ignored for weeks. I saw someone else on the board with the same problem and you fixed it. Which is why I am asking here. Thank you

As far as Bittrex policy is concern then you have nothing to do.

Your coins are still there but since it's on different chain you can't really see the amount and the only way to do recover it is if Bittrex will give you the private key of the address but it's impossible for an exchange to do that. Hope this serve as a lesson and sorry for your loss.

[drawoh14]

That was really bad, you can not recover it anymore because of rules and regulations made by the administrator of bittrex, just be cautious to your next transactions.

[Vansire]

my point exactly. Update on lost funds, I opened wallet in bittrex checked payment block chai and there sitting in my wallet is my Bitcoin amount, stating in red "unspent".  In the wallet on screen the deposit doesn't show. Now I have found the amount sitting unspent in my wallet is there any way to recover ? Also what is your opinion of bittrex in this situation example,  Theft, immoral, untrustworthy ( should help customers, not just the rich ones) unethical and I can think of others I won't print here. I had an idea to wait until my bitcoin was worth £5000 and then ask them to recover it. No good, they say must be claimed within 2 weeks of deposit, they didn't respond to my emails with 2 weeks. Anyhow rant over apologies for the length of this. Love this site and good luck to everyone.

I know too little about blockchains to have an informed opinion about Bittrex but if it's technically possible to undo such faulty transactions above $5000 then it should be possible for transactions below it. Then it's a matter of cost of labor, maybe security and reputation.

Re foolproofing I think the wallet software could help prevent sending to the wrong blockchain and to nonexistent addresses, but for forks like Bitcoin Cash that could be complicated. Also there are coins with stealth addresses which are semi-nonexistent.

[no0dlepunk]

I hope this policy on any exchange like this must be changed.. It is so absolutely unethical for a business like exchanges or wallets or any online sites to not providing any helped to they're clients at any cost it may.. They might be the one to beneficial to this kind of drama about policy and protocols.. If those mistakes happened to anyone of they're family,, do they just accept it.. I don't think so.. Sorry to Op for this kinds of human..

Hey man... let me just remind you that we are not dealing with banks here. This is BITCOIN. First of all, nobody else should be responsible for his transactions rather than he, himself, alone.

If those mistakes happened to anyone of they're family,, do they just accept it.. I don't think so.. Sorry to Op for this kinds of human..

Don't take it too personal, man... these kinds of mistakes are beneficial because these would make an individual more cautious on his/her next transactions. Please, oh please, if we want the bitcoin to take over the banks then we must get used to these cons. Else if you can't be responsible with your own money, then you better get back to mainstream banking. Just my two cents.

Don't call yourself "King of Bitcoin" for nothing... please, oh please.

[Kprawn]

Only reason I can think of why they enforce this policy is because they have to sub-contract someone to "recover" these

funds and that the fee that they have to pay for this specialist might be very high. {hourly rate?} Just as a matter of interest,

I would suggest that you monitor this wallet to see if they "recover" it for themselves. 

[rajuahmed330]

So sad & bad luck for you bro.
Please check again the address of BCC which address you send your bcc.
I think it can be wrong.
Try again to contact of bittrex

[wildet60]

Sorry for your loss OP, but unfortunately you're not getting your BTC back.
Bittrexs cross-chain recovery policy specifies that they will not attempt to recover funds worth less than $5000 and you can't really do anything by yourself.

That is plain stealing on daylight in my opinion. Clearly shows the economic gap here. And people with small amounts should not work there.

[Vansire]

Speaking of banks, if you send money to wrong bank account you're in for a bad time too. In some situations you can try to cancel the transaction, otherwise you have to negotiate with the recipient if that person even responds at all.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/send-money-wrong-account

[rodel caling]

I accidentally sent BTC from my Bitcoin wallet in Electrum to a BCC wallet in Bittrex  that I own, but shows empty.  I wanted to know if there was a way for me to recover the BTC from the Bittrex wallet? I have contacted Bittrex but they refuse to help with anything under £5000. And I do mean no help, been ignored for weeks. I saw someone else on the board with the same problem and you fixed it. Which is why I am asking here. Thank you

i have remainder for you my friend next time you need to sure you transfer transaction to avoid looses to your savings. you can't recover your losses because of one mistake so need to take time to avoid mistake, sorry my friend for what happen for you saving, i think this a lesson to everyone.

[sujonali1819]

I can't get over the kind response to my problem. I want to thank everyone for your replies. I am new to cryptocurrencies and being disabled it took me awhile to get the £400+ together to invest. My only reason was to be able to leave my grand children some funds to help them out in the future. Personally I don't belive money solves much. I was mostly attracted to crypto because of the up and down curves that almost mimic a rollercoaster and I guess with a fair size wallet it would turn your stomach as well. Again thank you all.
p.s. In my opinion what Bittrex has done is nothing short of theft as a wallet should refuse any transaction that does not match it's values.

Really i am very sorry after heard your mistake.I dont think that they will back or you can recover your btc.You should need to be more carefull for transection.mistake can takes only few seconds but reality remain long long year even before of death. so i hope you will be more carefull in future.

[Vansire]

If Bittrex can return amounts above 5000 they can return lower amounts too. They could periodically import the BCC wallet in BTC and return the funds all at once.

[hasmukh_rawal]

I accidentally sent BTC from my Bitcoin wallet in Electrum to a BCC wallet in Bittrex  that I own, but shows empty.  I wanted to know if there was a way for me to recover the BTC from the Bittrex wallet? I have contacted Bittrex but they refuse to help with anything under £5000. And I do mean no help, been ignored for weeks. I saw someone else on the board with the same problem and you fixed it. Which is why I am asking here. Thank you

Sorry to say that you cant gain your Bitcoin back, You should need to be careful while doing transactions. Even i myself got in to problem like this same one, the best advice i can give you is that , you should try to ask or at-least  read this forum's important thread before doing any big transactions which have not practised yet . I had learned many important things from this forum, which i was not aware of previously. Anyways be careful next time and see that you dont repeat it .

[ruthbabe]

That is plain stealing on daylight in my opinion. Clearly shows the economic gap here. And people with small amounts should not work there.

I think there's no such stealing there. In the first place, Bittrex is not forcing anyone to join them. They have terms or set of rules to follow and anyone should read that first and abide by it before joining.

[N@p$t3r]

Sorry for your loss OP, but unfortunately you're not getting your BTC back.
Bittrexs cross-chain recovery policy specifies that they will not attempt to recover funds worth less than $5000 and you can't really do anything by yourself.

That is plain stealing on daylight in my opinion. Clearly shows the economic gap here. And people with small amounts should not work there.

I hope this policy on any exchange like this must be changed.. It is so absolutely unethical for a business like exchanges or wallets or any online sites to not providing any helped to they're clients at any cost it may.. They might be the one to beneficial to this kind of drama about policy and protocols.. If those mistakes happened to anyone of they're family,, do they just accept it.. I don't think so.. Sorry to Op for this kinds of human..

Why is it possible to send coins to an address of a different coin? It's easy to blame the sender, but why are there no preventive measures built in?

I'm not really sure how these PUTA MADRES! came into this forum in the first place. Don't you know how bitcoin works? Please avoid smoking too much sea weeds, gringos! Your existence in this forum is very nauseous. Get the hell outta here, TROLLS!

[eaLiTy]

If Bittrex can return amounts above 5000 they can return lower amounts too. They could periodically import the BCC wallet in BTC and return the funds all at once.

They can return any small amounts if they want to but if they start doing that they have a big task as these sort of silly mistakes are done by many and it will be extra duty for them to allocate those,so first and foremost people have to be careful when they are sending their valuable assets,just make sure to recheck everything,just taking an additional minute before sending wont harm them.

[pcgm]

At least you know what to do next time, be careful when you are making a transaction this time at least is a small amount just imagine losing all your funds in BTC and just having fiat money that we know that is less value. 

[FJNuñez]

Bitcoin will always recover. It is anti-fragile and censorship-resistant with a scarce amount that is publicly verifiable. Plus people are holding, not selling.

[Vansire]

If Bittrex can return amounts above 5000 they can return lower amounts too. They could periodically import the BCC wallet in BTC and return the funds all at once.

They can return any small amounts if they want to but if they start doing that they have a big task as these sort of silly mistakes are done by many and it will be extra duty for them to allocate those,so first and foremost people have to be careful when they are sending their valuable assets,just make sure to recheck everything,just taking an additional minute before sending wont harm them.

While I'm not the victim here I think they are unnecessarily harsh. The money is not really gone, they just refuse to have reasonable requirements and fees for returning the money. This has nothing to do with blockchain transactions being permanent, it's just that they can get away with this behavior.

For now there's little choice but I'm sure  other exchanges that are more user-friendly and have lower fees (also for trading) will take their place.

[Jaya912]

I hope this policy on any exchange like this must be changed.. It is so absolutely unethical for a business like exchanges or wallets or any online sites to not providing any helped to they're clients at any cost it may.. They might be the one to beneficial to this kind of drama about policy and protocols.. If those mistakes happened to anyone of they're family,, do they just accept it.. I don't think so.. Sorry to Op for this kinds of human..

I never heard about this case. But if its true, so the exchange should change their policy. We know that any company should protect their customer satisfaction at least provide helping. Although less than £5000, its still money and not small amount eventhough just £500 or even smaller.

[happyme1818]

I accidentally sent BTC from my Bitcoin wallet in Electrum to a BCC wallet in Bittrex  that I own, but shows empty.  I wanted to know if there was a way for me to recover the BTC from the Bittrex wallet? I have contacted Bittrex but they refuse to help with anything under £5000. And I do mean no help, been ignored for weeks. I saw someone else on the board with the same problem and you fixed it. Which is why I am asking here. Thank you

You have to move on. Consider it as your learning curve in cryptocurrency. They won't help you simply because it is not their fault. There is also a warning on their wallet that you need to check your address if it's a right address or not.