If someone mistakenly sent you 1 ETH, what would you do?

[Dollar_Hunter]

Possible this or not possible in reality, let's Just imagine it, as the author suggests. If I saw eth in my wallet, of course, I wouldn't rush to send it back right away. I will wait for a message from a random sender and proof, and then, of course, I will return it.

good action, we should return only 1 ETH, because indeed it is not our property, we must not make things difficult for people and have to be kind,
because this can prove that the crypto currency community is also good for everyone

[KimmyF]

Ethereum is becoming extremely popular nowadays with the rise of "De-Fi" apps and stablecoins. Most people are just into it in order to make a lot of money in the shortest time possible. Since they're newcomers into crypto, they can easily make mistakes when sending coins from one address to another. Now, imagine if you check your wallet and it has 1 ETH sent to you by a mysterious address. At current rates, that would be an average of $400 (USD) in your pocket.

What will you do if someone accidentally or mistakenly sent you 1 ETH? Will you donate it to a charity? Will you send it back to its original owner? If it were me, I'd return it back to its original owner as long as he/she is able to provide a signed message with the address' private key proving the coin's ownership. But since crypto is widely unregulated, anyone can do as they please.

Thoughts?

Is it part of Altcoins discussion? Whatever, we all send it back. But how do you know that he sent 1 Ethereum by mistake? In cryptocurrency history, I can't see this kind of uncommon situation. Actually you didn't think that we wouldn't send coins or token until we confirmed the right address. Actually, I'm using code scan options before making a new transaction.

[Nesbee2]

 Although this kind of error is not  common because before sending Eth you copy a wallet  address, so if by mistake it happens i think it should be someone you have exchanged wallet address  before . So what i will do will be to go asking people i have been doing crypto business with and  announce in all crypto whats App groups i belong hopefully the person might come out. i wont feel comfortable keeping or using it.

[Wend]

A lot of people say they'll give it back to the original owner, but I wonder who would do it if it did. Most of the people here are bounty hunter and if there's a free amount like that, I believe they'll quickly sell it.

Yes it will sell it because it is not your fault it send to your wallet to the someone mistake send it to her wallet.
Actually they did know who you are and cant PM in you so it was like accidentally have someone giving on us a free ETH.

[Valak]

What will you do if someone accidentally or mistakenly sent you 1 ETH? Will you donate it to a charity? Will you send it back to its original owner? If it were me, I'd return it back to its original owner as long as he/she is able to provide a signed message with the address' private key proving the coin's ownership. But since crypto is widely unregulated, anyone can do as they please.

Thoughts?

Thankfully, you wanted to return the Ethereum to its owner. But I believe most will not.
If someone wants to return the Ethereum they received from an unknown source, it is very easy for us to return it without having to know or prove their private key. Because they can ship to a base address. If Ethereum is accepted based on an exchange wallet, of course they don't have private key access. So it cannot be proven by a private key.

[ufaiz50]

I prefer to return it, because maybe he really needs it. we can return to the sending address and it's very easy to do, 1 eth belongs to him is not mine. Not that yesterday there was something like this and if I'm not mistaken it was worth around a hundred thousand dollars and the recipient returned it.

[goaldigger]

If there’s no follow-up from the owner or no means of communication then I have no choice but to fully accept the free ETH that I’ve received and will do my best to multiply it.

A case like this is very rare so if I’m lucky enough to receive ETH, I will not spend it right away because I know its hard to earn money nowadays and the owner of the ETH might experiencing some problems, so I will wait for him to contact me.

[bttmember]

Ethereum is becoming extremely popular nowadays with the rise of "De-Fi" apps and stablecoins. Most people are just into it in order to make a lot of money in the shortest time possible. Since they're newcomers into crypto, they can easily make mistakes when sending coins from one address to another. Now, imagine if you check your wallet and it has 1 ETH sent to you by a mysterious address. At current rates, that would be an average of $400 (USD) in your pocket.

What will you do if someone accidentally or mistakenly sent you 1 ETH? Will you donate it to a charity? Will you send it back to its original owner? If it were me, I'd return it back to its original owner as long as he/she is able to provide a signed message with the address' private key proving the coin's ownership. But since crypto is widely unregulated, anyone can do as they please.

Thoughts?

If the owner approaches me and convinces me that he has sent this by mistake i will definitely return it back and i have done exactly that once when i received some eth by mistake of the sender.
But if it is just an anonymous transaction and no one approaches me i would think to keep it because i have also made many mistakes and loses in the crypto market so i will just take it as a feel good bonus.

[kopijos]

I will return to the original owner, because it's their right and not ours. so it would be better than us using other people's assets and it is useless and does not provide any benefit.

[Serco]

A lot of people say they'll give it back to the original owner, but I wonder who would do it if it did. Most of the people here are bounty hunter and if there's a free amount like that, I believe they'll quickly sell it.

so you mean bounty hunter have no honesty or empathy and generalize all them will sell it and get its money? i dont think so ,i believe there are many people that will sent it back although actually they need this money.

[DabsPoorVersion]

What will you do if someone accidentally or mistakenly sent you 1 ETH?

I don't think if this is possible but,

It depends, because there is no way to know the person who just mistakenly sent the 1 eth. How can I know if it is just a mistake or it is truly meant to be sent to my address. But if I know that it is just a mistake, I am willingly to return it, not my money, not for me to spend.

[Yatsan]

Such mistake to be committed is really very rare for we all know that every address is unique from one another so for a 1 ETH to be mistakenly sent to your address is a very large coincidence and a very big mistake on the sender himself. Well, if I would be the one to be accidentally the recipient of that 1 ETH, I would be glad to return it into the rightful owner for he owns it and that must be the appropriate thing to do for I do not expect any incoming ETH and he maybe have an important transaction on where he will supposedly send that amount. It is just right to return it to him and treat it as a social responsibility for many people are already getting stressed and depressed specially at this time so if this would be a great help to my co-crypto user, then I would return it for his sake. This must also be the action to be done by other crypto users even out of desperation because such amount belongs to a rightful owner and must not be taken it by our own.

[pikkie]

What will you do if someone accidentally or mistakenly sent you 1 ETH?

I don't think if this is possible but,

It depends, because there is no way to know the person who just mistakenly sent the 1 eth. How can I know if it is just a mistake or it is truly meant to be sent to my address. But if I know that it is just a mistake, I am willingly to return it, not my money, not for me to spend.

of course it will never happen because when making a transaction it is very clear and consciously the sender when he wants to make a transaction must provide a very unique address and must check repeatedly to ensure that the sender makes transactions to the intended wallet.

[pixie85]

as long as he can still prove it's his, I'll give it back. To be honest, I would probably hold back and wait for the person to confirm that he is the owner of the Ethereum. if possible, I want to return it. however, donating it to a charity is the last resort if no one feels lost to ethereum in a few weeks or months. Well, I do this if it is really the wrong ethereum submission.

If all you had was his address how would you contact him and ask to prove that he's the owner?

If somebody sends you some coins from an address he is usually the owner.

I'd take myself some finder's fee like 20% and send the rest back. I think it would be fair for both sides.

[angrybirdy]

A lot of people say they'll give it back to the original owner, but I wonder who would do it if it did. Most of the people here are bounty hunter and if there's a free amount like that, I believe they'll quickly sell it.

so you mean bounty hunter have no honesty or empathy and generalize all them will sell it and get its money? i dont think so ,i believe there are many people that will sent it back although actually they need this money.

You can't blame him. Because when it comes to money, even a trusted user can take the money without returning it to its original owner. Especially if you don't know the sender, there is no way that the one who received it will actually send it back to its original owner.

[robelneo]

The sender is very careless if it's true that he sent it by mistakes it was a newbie mistake of not double-checking if he really wants to get it back he will search who owns the receiver wallet and request that it is sent back, I will return if he can prove by changing the label of his address to something I requested, that will prove ownership of his address or a screenshot of his wallet dashboard.

[bangkecol]

If someone mistakenly sent 1 ETH to me. I will sent back to that person. 1 ETH is very worth now at the current market , so with empathy, i will return back to that person .  I believe that person will very happy.

[carlisle1]

If someone mistakenly sent 1 ETH to me. I Will sent back to that person. 1 ETH is very worth now at the current market , so with empathy i Will return back to that person.

Yeah right it's huge amount of money and if someone mistakenly send that to a wrong wallet it's a big loss for them.
Doing the same thing might be the first thing that will comes up inside my mind, as putting myself on this person's shoe
It's really depressing losing your hard earned money.

Very important in this time of crisis is to feel compassions knowing that everyone are trying to survive with this pandemic
humanity from people around should be taking place.

[nomenclatur]

depends if the person who sent ethereum has many eth and assets of others in the wallet then I will not return ethereum it to the original owner because he already has a lot of different again if he really did not have any assets in the wallet then I will return ethereum to wallet may he desperately needed money to requirement and eth it could be very useful for him then I will return 100%.

[daglordjames]

I'd be so lucky if someone sent me ETH by random address, but it's kinda impossible that someone will have that kind of huge mistake.