Why it is important to lose Bitcoin to an incorrect wallet address

[SummerBliss]

We all commit mistakes in our life and some can be painful like losing a bitcoin just because of an incoorect wallet address and the transaction is ireversable and it cannot be traced.But we learn from our mistakes and be careful that you check the address that whether it is valid or not twice so as be to be sure.Dont be in hurry and stay calm while you transfer btc and all other altcoins.It is good for market to create scarcity of btc to increase the prices but it will not be beneficial for you.

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[riyadmozu19]

I have never lost BTC by sending to an incorrect wallet address in my whole entire life. Bitcoin is too much precious for everyone if anyone doesn't care about his BTC then it can happen. Bitcoin is my life so I will take care of it properly

[Xxmodded]

Correct wallet for sending bitcoin and altcoin is most important think when you make transaction to sent your bitcoin or altcoin to other wallet, when you use incorrect wallet your bitcoin or altcoin can't get back except with using PayPal because you can take back your money fi wrong email, but with cryptocurrency you have lost your bitcoin if using wrong address just one letter.

[airdnasxela]

But it's more fulfilling if we haven't experienced losing bitcoin to an incorrent wallet address right? Rather than experiencing it. But of course a lot of us have already experienced that. It's really frustrating and disappointing to our part if we lost btc especially when it's a big amount.
But it's not as important as it is to lose bitcoin. If something is so important and valuable, we should always double check the address for us not to make mistakes. We've worked hard for our bitcoin and then we'll just lose it that fast. It's a life lesson to always be careful in sending bitcoin.

[Genemind]

We must be responsible for every transaction that we're doing in crypto especially if it involves our earnings. We must double-check every ERC before sending our funds because one wrong mistake could result in regrets and losses. We must be careful and learn from the experiences of those who are confessing here about losing their funds due to Erc mistakes.

[AicecreaME]

Losing your coins when you accidentally sent it to a wrong address is the best thing that could ruin your day, extremely if it is a huge amount of bitcoin, moreover, with this kind of failure, we became more careful and double checking or even triple checking everything before we made a transaction. I've had this story where I was using my private keys opening myetherwallet and accidentally sent it to someone in facebook, good thing I know him personally. It might be a little off topic but I think it is somewhat related even just a little.

Disclaimer: The title is very misleading 

[ashmodeus]

well, i guess, we cant send btc to erc 20 address/eth address, the system will say incorrect address receiment.
i never lose btc from wrong sending transaction.
and also , of course there are no recovery menu from loosing like that.
since BTC its a peer to peer , basicaly people must understand first what they do before take on action.
no middleman, so there are no option, if u wrong send or lost because hacking or whatever its it.

It is really inconsiderate bro, how about those people who lose bitcoin due to scam? this is the downside of bitcoin being irreversible no matter what is the reason for the lost of bitcoin.
Losing bitcoin due to sending on the wrong address is understandable and can't be refunded but those who got scammed it's pretty unfair.

well, life is unfair sometimes.
even being hacked is more unfair for me. like binance recently.
and well, they just accepted it.

[Herbet Fry]

You can't send bitcoin by mistake to an erc20 wallet what are you talking about? You can accidentally send to a bitcoin cash wallet though. You must check 5x before sending and then once more just before you hit send.
Have f2a protection too as well. Anything that slows your progress down is a good thing since it gives you more time to think.

[fullhdpixel]

I don’t know how people can be so careless in sending money to wrong address when they have made everything easy for one to be able to copy the right address, it is only when an hacking tools has been installed on the computer that we can say maybe the address has been changed, but to send to a wrong address is a mistake that should not have happened. All the time that I have been sending and receiving bitcoin, I don't think there has ever been any mistake as I am always careful. 

Before I send the fund, I check the address over again to be sure that the address is correct and that I am sending it to the real address that the money is meant to go to. Like you said anyway, experience is a teacher and I am sure this mistake will teach a lot of people who are careless to stop being careless.

[ReiMomo]

Well on my own point of view I think there is no need for you to lose bitcoin just to learn because bitcoin is really expensive the reason why you must be careful especially when you send it to a wallet address. You must be doubled check it first before you send it because there is no refund or you can no longer get back once you mistakenly sent it to a wrong wallet address, in short, Bitcoin transactions are irreversible after all confirmations are done.

[ivakar]

ha ha. in fact that knowledge can't guarantee anything)
sometimes people do weirdest things  even if they loose money already because of inattention, they may loose it again. unteachable.

[Inkdatar]

It is difficult when you lose bitcoin your hard -earned money it’s kind of distress since we all know it is irreversible. I just experienced this once, I accidentally send btc to an incorrect wallet address good thing their is a pop up window to double check the wallet address. There’s a mistake we commit but after that, it gives us a lesson that every time sending out you have carefully and check the address to avoid losing btc.

[asus09]

Cryptocurrency have different system with other digital payment when you make transaction to sent your balance bitcoin or altcoin to other wallet, when you sent your bitcoin balance paste your address and re check have you use correct address or not, after you click sending and email confirmation and you use wrong address you can take back your bitcoin, different with other digital currency if you use wrong email maybe sending will be failed but bitcoin success your sending although wrong wallet.

[nankers]

For some points, I agree with you. I even experienced things like you mentioned. I sent bitcoin to the wrong address and I made that lesson so it wouldn't happen again. in fact all errors (not just misdirected to different addresses) that we experience related to bitcoin should be made a lesson so as not to repeat the mistakes

[cotton ball]

Little mistake with your sending address bitcoin or altcoin token you lost your balance, like you wrong use word at the last your bitcoin and altcoin address your balance gone. Most important for investor when sent altcoin or bitcoin with correct bitcoin and altcoin address, better copy paste you wallet address and re check again have put correct address or not, maybe you can sent few token first to know you have use correnct address.

[Apes]

You need a double or triple check before transferring funds from one wallet to another cryptocurrencies based wallet.
the cryptocurrencies wallet address characters are unique and long so make it a habit to save the wallet address for repeat delivery
or use the copy paste or scan QRcode facility to avoid mistakes.
because of its P2P nature there is no third party interference if something goes wrong in it.

[FlamingFingers]

It is a good thing you lost it, and it's a good thing it cannot be recovered.
 Maybe you will be more careful next time

When you consider something as valuable, you ought to treat it with great value and care,  so before sending out your "valuable Bitcoin",  if it's really important to you,  ensure that you double check the address to avoid loss.

 If you have lost Bitcoin the first time due to the aforementioned wallet issue,  then you ain't supposed to lose another one,  as you must have learnt to be more careful now.

Have you ever lost bitcoin to such a little mistake before?  If Yes do you consider it invaluable?  Lots of people who lost their bitcoin through this means value their coin, or perhaps might be a noob, and would have learned from it the hard way

[Mandoy]

Let us always be reminded that bitcoin means money. Money means serious business and so if we talk about bitcoin it means serious business. Before putting your money into bitcoin we must do our research or ask for help for people who have good understanding how bitcoin works. Before we make any transactions we must always double checks and understand the difference between bitcoin and altcoins and the difference in address. But if we sent bitcoin to a wrong address accidentally then it will not help us but it will have a positive impact on the bitcoin market. As the saying goes the lesser the supply and the higher the demand means an increase of value. This means that if we continue to lose many bitcoins then the value will spike since the demand for bitcoin is also increasing.

[btc78]

 My answer to this might sound inconsiderate, but...

It is a good thing you lost it, and it's a good thing it cannot be recovered.
 Maybe you will be more careful next time

Lol 😂 is this some kind of joke?ofcourse mistakes teaches us lesson but this won’t be the real meaning for me,what I believe is the transaction isn’t irreversible for us to make sure that even Satoshi has no power over cryptocurrency,that once the bitcoin is sent no other way it can be recovered or reversed .thats why we are unique and safe in bitcoin investments not like stocks or anything that can be taken in some cases

[lighpulsar07]

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1. Bitcoin and ethereum (erc 721 and 20) can't be compatible each other they are 2 different cryptocurrencies so, sending bitcoin to an ethereum address the as ethereum to bitcoin address isn't allowed

2. To conclude your lengthy and non sense post, you shouldn't sent you bitcoins to wrong bitcoin wallet or else it will be lost forever is that what you mean OP?