The worst ever that could happen

[CryptoMiner]

I just sent 3.2btc to an address that I have no idea who or what it belongs to like an idiot. I am hurting right now man you wont believe. I clicked the "addresses" tab in the bitcoin client and copied the first one in the list thinking those were my receive addresses. Turns out by looking at the blockchain, it was an address I sent two 1btc transactions to all the way back in 2011.

Seems like the only other transactions that took place at that address is 2 transfers out, shortly after receiving on the same day on 8-22-2011, with the exception of the 3.2 hitting today =(

I'm so screwed man. That's more than $2,500. I feel like crying.

[FandangledGizmo]

Sorry for your loss. 3.2 BTC is a pretty big one.

On the good side, at least you'll have a cool story to tell your kids/friends in a few years!

Really!? You sent $250 million worth of Bitcoin to the wrong address!?

At least the other guy got a pizza....

[davidpbrown]

Learn a lesson and use the note field to describe the addresses you send to.

Post the address here or search for it in google; it's worth a shot. If it's someone public address, you could appeal to them.
If it's in your address book, surely that's not entirely random. Perhaps it's a donation address for the likes of EFF or Wikileaks etc?

[escrow.ms]

Try to find who owns that address.

[TheHighwayPhantom]

Ouch man thats bad. I felt like crying over losing $400 worth of btc on primedice. Your post puts it my loss into perspective.

[shantell]

I feel bad for you :/ Always triple check transactions.

[CryptoMiner]

Totally sucks man. My whole day is ruined.

[Greenwhale]

So bad :/ sorry for you.

[odolvlobo]

Turns out by looking at the blockchain, it was an address I sent two 1btc transactions to all the way back in 2011.

Mt. Gox perhaps? It wouldn't hurt to check all of your old accounts. Hopefully, it is not some defunct exchange.

[davidpbrown]

Mt. Gox perhaps? It wouldn't hurt to check all of your old accounts. Hopefully, it is not some defunct exchange.

but you repeat yourself.

[Sonny]

I just sent 3.2btc to an address that I have no idea who or what it belongs to like an idiot. I am hurting right now man you wont believe. I clicked the "addresses" tab in the bitcoin client and copied the first one in the list thinking those were my receive addresses.

Sorry to hear your loss.
Your own addresses is indeed listed in the receive tab, and there is a line in the addresses tab "These are your Bitcoin Addresses for sending payments."

Mt. Gox perhaps? It wouldn't hurt to check all of your old accounts. Hopefully, it is not some defunct exchange.

but you repeat yourself.

lol.  

[CryptoMiner]

Dealing with Bitcoin since 2011 should mean I know what I am doing by now but clearly is not the case. I've been going crazy looking everywhere. I checked mtgox and sure enough i did make a transfer to them the same day, but unfortunately it wasn't the address i sent the 3.2btc to.


I do have a good update to report though. I found an old electrum wallet backup in my search for the 3.2btc and when I restored it there was 1btc sitting there! Technically my loss is reduced to 2.2btc. I am still in a bad spot since I need to repay the 3.2btc with 10% interest over the next 90days.

I have been trying to examine the block chain for information and I can see a lot but there are somethings on blockchain.info that are pretty technical and i dont know if they could potentially help me figure this out or not. Are there any tools in blockchain.info that I may not know how to use that someon could explain? Maybe help me figure out whether the address I sent the btc to is associated with an entity that deals with alot of bitcoin? if thats the case, probably means it's not an address I own, lol.

thank you for your kind words guys. still sucks man. im so down =(               

[yatsey87]

Can you not send a small amount with a public message to see if the user would return some of the coins or get in contact with you?

[miners78]

Having done this with tiny amounts in comparison, I know the sinking feeling i get when i realise even with such a small amount. I cant imagine losing 3.2...

[BurtW]

If you want to you can post the transaction ID here and we can all try to help you.  May not come to anything buy may be worth the try.

[GAML]

If you want to you can post the transaction ID here and we can all try to help you.  May not come to anything buy may be worth the try.

+1

[h3rlihy]

3.2. Jeeeesus. That's gotta hurt. Donation address?

[lookism]

Wow that sucks man. If i had 3.2 BTC ,  and I used the wrong address, I would flip. GL getting your money back.

[CryptoMiner]

I flipped bro, trust me, lol. I flipped. I'm over it now though, sure does hurt to see the 3.2 sitting there, especially knowing it must have belonged to me somehow, someway. It'll really be a killer when coins are 5 digits, lol.

[CryptoMiner]

3.2. Jeeeesus. That's gotta hurt. Donation address?

15KdygTSeuV4AXGh91X7xfymBJt7UzXgK7

Donations of course appreciated but don't worry about it. Thought that counts so thank you... Guess what...Someone moved that 3.2 out of there TODAY! Now I'm crying. Someone got a nice frigging gift man. And they realized it =(