Withdrawal problem

[msj6319]

Hey guys,

I withdrew a couple of Bitcoins from my GUIMiner and realized the sending address I have at DeepBit is wrong. I had to re-install the Bitcoin app and never changed my address for payment (i know what an idiot). Am I basically screwed?

[bitcon]

yep.  more bitcoins into the void!

[msj6319]

That sucks It took me 2 1/2 days to generate them. That was a lesson I won't forget. I figured when the payout could not confirm the sending address it would come back. I guess that was wishful thinking. Thanks for the reply.

[abednego]

What exactly happens when it goes "into the void" or did it just go to someone's account somewhere?

Seems to me that with a fixed and limited amount of Bitcoins that will ever be (21 million) a lot will be lost due to crashed hard drives losing wallet.dat files and thus actually end up being less than 21 million when all said and done...