Did somebody ever received a BTC amount by accident !?...

[Peanutswar]

Did somebody ever received a BTC amount by accident ... This is a stupid question with the developpement of Technology ... But who nows I mean did someone received it previously  ...personally i swear god that i will send it back that is the right thing to do .............

As of now never been, but seem these probably with the people who are active in a buy and sell of crypto coins of course sometimes they copied an old address and not the recent address on their clipboard but this is a human error now in reality is if someone set you a bitcoin in a address and it has a large sum amount for sure they will think, do they give it back the funds if someone DM them?. We are in space so we are into anonymity or else you will be kind and give it back.

In this its up to you if you will give it back because this aint your mistake. Just the humanity works here

[summonerrk]

Did somebody ever received a BTC amount by accident ... This is a stupid question with the developpement of Technology ... But who nows I mean did someone received it previously  ...personally i swear god that i will send it back that is the right thing to do .............

Many years ago, I transferred crypto to fiat through an intermediary, to whom I sent my bitcoins, and he sent me money directly to a plastic card. And the joke is that their operator got something mixed up, and instead of $100, he sent me $1,000, and at that time it seemed like a lot of money to me, but I remembered perfectly well that I had given them my last name and first name. And a phone number. And so I immediately refunded them this excess of the erroneous amount. I did this solely because they would have identified me, but if someone had sent me a share of bitcoin by mistake, then I would have wondered how much this person would be able to identify me, and based on this conclusion alone, I would have made a decision about whether I would return these coins to him or not. But in general, our addresses here on the forum are open, and identification is not difficult because of the spreadsheets.

[Patikno]

Personally, I don't recall ever receiving Bitcoin by accident, or due to a wrong transfer. Such cases may have happened to others, but I think it only happened because someone had saved the Bitcoin address, making it plausible. Well, I have experienced this before, but not with Bitcoin (with shitcoin address). At that time, my friend wanted to send some shitcoin to someone else, but instead, he sent it to my address. So, from that case, I figured it was impossible for an unknown person (out of nowhere) to send Bitcoin to another person (unknown) address without any prior interaction, or without having saved the destination address previously.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

Maybe if I receive a huge amount of BTC, I will send it back if someone is looking for it, but if not, I'm going to hold it until 2050.

Do you have a reason not to send it back to the sending address if you received the coin and you're sure it's not yours and after a while you were not contacted by let's say a family, friend or colleague with claims of erroneous transaction, maybe it is right to return it to the sending address since there may actually be no way the sender can reach you, unless maybe it is from an exchange hot wallet address and you cannot return it to the owner's address. I would not want to hold what is not mine for long so I would not be tempted to spend from it.

I've not received any coin by mistake as well, If someone make such a mistake, it might work if he sends dust to the same address pleading for a refund in the description, and if it is a kind person, it would be returned, else he should forget about it.

[gabbie2010]

Did somebody ever received a BTC amount by accident ... This is a stupid question with the developpement of Technology ... But who nows I mean did someone received it previously  ...personally i swear god that i will send it back that is the right thing to do .............

I had never received BTC that was accidentally sent to me however I nearly fell into a trap set up by a scammer who had hacked my computer in a bid to receive any BTC that I wanted to send out to a particular address, whenever I copy my receiver address on electrum wallet dashboard it is the scammer address that would be pasted if not for my due diligence I would have mistakenly send BTC to the scammer address having watch closely the pasted BTC address was similar to the copied one yet there is a noticeable difference on the address, as side that I never mistakenly send or receive BTC anonymously from any one.

[Kelward]

Personally, I don't recall ever receiving Bitcoin by accident, or due to a wrong transfer. Such cases may have happened to others, but I think it only happened because someone had saved the Bitcoin address, making it plausible. Well, I have experienced this before, but not with Bitcoin (with shitcoin address). At that time, my friend wanted to send some shitcoin to someone else, but instead, he sent it to my address. So, from that case, I figured it was impossible for an unknown person (out of nowhere) to send Bitcoin to another person (unknown) address without any prior interaction, or without having saved the destination address previously.

What you said makes sense and that is why you will hardly hear that somebody sent Bitcoin to a wrong address or that another person received Bitcoin from an unknown sources. If it happens it's always from a saved address where if you want to send to a particular address you will mistakenly send to another, aside from internal mistakes it is quite difficult to here where a Bitcoin is sent to an address that doesn't have any affiliate with you.

I've never received Bitcoin by mistake before but I've mistakenly sent to a wrong address which I copied and luckily it belonged to my friend and we settled the matter amicably. So it's not quite possible to send to an address that is not saved in your device, still there is need to be very careful because you can mistakenly send to somebody you know that won't be willing to send it back to you, remember that Bitcoin transactions are irreversible.

[HashRate Hero]

Personally, I don't recall ever receiving Bitcoin by accident, or due to a wrong transfer. Such cases may have happened to others, but I think it only happened because someone had saved the Bitcoin address, making it plausible. Well, I have experienced this before, but not with Bitcoin (with shitcoin address). At that time, my friend wanted to send some shitcoin to someone else, but instead, he sent it to my address. So, from that case, I figured it was impossible for an unknown person (out of nowhere) to send Bitcoin to another person (unknown) address without any prior interaction, or without having saved the destination address previously.

Good analysis  of the situation ..... 1-  Prior interaction ; 2 - A simple Ctrl-C as we all do .....


But still a question of awarness ! i mean how serious you act with money 

[Y3shot]

I think sending money to the wrong account is very common with fiat because when you make mistakes in the account number by replacing a digit, it automatically turns into someone else’s account number. However, in Bitcoin, it is very rare to make a mistake like this because, at all times, addresses are copied.

Maybe that is why it is hard to find strange Bitcoin in your wallet, except when it is someone who already knows you and transactions have already been made before, which can lead to mistakes in sending Bitcoin to your wallet. However, sending Bitcoin to a random wallet that you don’t even know is very difficult to happen.

[HashRate Hero]

I think sending money to the wrong account is very common with fiat because when you make mistakes in the account number by replacing a digit, it automatically turns into someone else’s account number. However, in Bitcoin, it is very rare to make a mistake like this because, at all times, addresses are copied.

Maybe that is why it is hard to find strange Bitcoin in your wallet, except when it is someone who already knows you and transactions have already been made before, which can lead to mistakes in sending Bitcoin to your wallet. However, sending Bitcoin to a random wallet that you don’t even know is very difficult to happen.

Agree and had a previous experience in 2017 with XAPO Wallet ( Wichi  used for a small period and it was to get a Visa card only ) in fact i made a mistake in the addy but in this wallet i had a limit of 10 minutes i guess or maybe 5 to make anu modification ... i mean these wallets are in fact comercial and their are not following the BTC spirit 100 % ..... right now they shutdown i guess ...

[tygeade]

You should always check first and last five characters of address, but even then, spoofed device could change addresses in background. This is why Clean Environment Policy is critical in movement of huge capital.

I believe that real trigger is most of time cognitive overload. If investor has several wallets and huge numbers of transactions, it turns mechanical and that is when vigilance wanes. To avoid this, it is important to employ address labelling at all times and not make use of copy paste from previous conversation or document. If this was indeed clipboard error, it is warning to rest of the world that with DeFi, you are your own bank, and must never be in a hurry when settling. Always assume transaction is first for them.

So many of this errors we cause it by our own selfs it’s not just to focus on hackers alone, at time so many people rush their transactions and so many people also handle more that one account so anything they do on the platform they intend to do it in a rush and thats very dangerous, I also do agree that checking the first and last character is no longer enough at all rather secure device and also taking time to before making or confirming transactions is very important most especially for investors who handle more that one account or those who invest high capital.

This is the problem, people claim that hackers and scammers are the problem, but if we go down the root cause of it, there will always be scammers and hackers whereas we can just be more safe. I do not have a lot of money, but if I did, I would be protecting it better than these people and I would not be losing any money like this. I still could, like something that is very technical could maybe make it happen, but it would not be something that they can hack into me in an hour or just convince me in an hour and I would be scammed, that wouldn't happen.

People are assuming that receiving BTC accidently from strangers is like winning lotteries but in reality if you receive a small amount from a scammer or hacker and then if you try to cash out using a centralized exchange would be a very big legal problem. I mean, we must think about both pros and cons and in this case here, we have very big cons.

[ndutndut]

Did somebody ever received a BTC amount by accident ... This is a stupid question with the developpement of Technology ... But who nows I mean did someone received it previously  ...personally i swear god that i will send it back that is the right thing to do .............

In my opinion, this is not a stupid question, even though blockchain technology is designed to be very secure, human error is a major factor in cases of mistakenly sending Bitcoin to unknown people. Although it is very rare overall, according to several cases, errors like this have occurred on the Bitcointalk forum.
Here are two examples of 'wrong delivery'.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5378231.msg58800558#msg58800558
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5519744.msg65037313#msg65037313

The case of mistakenly sending Bitcoin between individuals (on the blockchain network) ends with the funds being permanently lost for the sender, and becomes a fortune for the unknown recipient, but there are also cases where the funds are returned to the original owner because the person still upholds the value of honesty.

The OP question may seem joking and simple, but it's incredibly important and should serve as a reminder to us all to avoid sending Bitcoin incorrectly. This is especially true with several cases of clipboard hijacking malware that replaces copied addresses or manually typed addresses. So, questions like this make us more cautious when sending Bitcoin.

Sending Bitcoin incorrectly can have fatal consequences and are almost always irreversible. Bitcoin transactions once confirmed on the blockchain, cannot be undone. If we send to the wrong recipient our Bitcoin will be lost forever. The chances of the recipient returning it are very slim unless we know the recipient and can contact them directly as in the case you mentioned. However, if the address we send to is not a member of this forum, it will be difficult to return it let alone contact them.

[o48o]

Did somebody ever received a BTC amount by accident ... This is a stupid question with the developpement of Technology ... But who nows I mean did someone received it previously  ...personally i swear god that i will send it back that is the right thing to do .............

Only in cex, when someone accidentally send it to my account, and i still don't know why or how that happened. Luckily for the sender, it was a small amount. It wasn't referral or anything like that, but someone send btc for my user id inside the exchange.

But if you receive something by accident to your non-custodial wallet, it's most likely that sender would have your address in some list and accidentally copy pasted it before sending. Because sending something accidentally to ANY active address via typo would be near impossible.

[Onyeeze]

I think sending money to the wrong account is very common with fiat because when you make mistakes in the account number by replacing a digit, it automatically turns into someone else’s account number. However, in Bitcoin, it is very rare to make a mistake like this because, at all times, addresses are copied.

in Bitcoin it will be easier to make a such mistake than in fiat account, because in Fiat account when you copy the recipient account number it will display the name of the right owner of the account and you will see it and confirm the name before sending why in Bitcoin nothing will show when you first your address as you are using a wrong address but if you are using a Fiat account the name of the bank will show and if you put the name of the bank wrongly it will also indicate that you are not at the right track, so the difference between sending fund's to Fiat account and sending to Bitcoin address account you can easily make mistake when sending in Bitcoin than in fiat account

[HashRate Hero]

Did somebody ever received a BTC amount by accident ... This is a stupid question with the developpement of Technology ... But who nows I mean did someone received it previously  ...personally i swear god that i will send it back that is the right thing to do .............

Following up on my previous post... if you suddenly see a small amount of BTC you didn't expect, be careful before you send it back.

Could this be a Dusting Attack used to de-anonymize your wallet? Sometimes, the accident is a trap to track your future transactions.

Has anyone here ever ignored an unexpected deposit out of fear for their privacy?


  

[BitMaxz]

Do you have a reason not to send it back to the sending address if you received the coin and you're sure it's not yours and after a while you were not contacted by let's say a family, friend or colleague with claims of erroneous transaction, maybe it is right to return it to the sending address since there may actually be no way the sender can reach you, unless maybe it is from an exchange hot wallet address and you cannot return it to the owner's address. I would not want to hold what is not mine for long so I would not be tempted to spend from it.

I've not received any coin by mistake as well, If someone make such a mistake, it might work if he sends dust to the same address pleading for a refund in the description, and if it is a kind person, it would be returned, else he should forget about it.

You have a point, but we do not know the reason why we receive them. I may consider it a donation if I receive some coins in my wallet, but as I previously stated, I will hold them; however, if no one claims or finds me, even here on the forum, it is considered a donation.

The forum is open; they can contact me here or at least make a thread here and post my address. S/he accidentally sent BTC to my address, and s/he should prove him or herself that he owns the address where the BTC came from.

Or Satoshi is sending Bitcoin to random people on the forum without saying anything?

For me, I can't just send it or touch the coin until someone claims that they own it.

[hosemary]

Has anyone here ever ignored an unexpected deposit out of fear for their privacy?

I received dust once and I never spent it.
I used coin control when making a transaction from my wallet, so that my other UTXO isn't combined with the dust in the same transaction and after that, I never used that wallet again.

[HashRate Hero]

Has anyone here ever ignored an unexpected deposit out of fear for their privacy?

I received dust once and I never spent it.
I used coin control when making a transaction from my wallet, so that my other UTXO isn't combined with the dust in the same transaction and after that, I never used that wallet again.

It's wild how many users doxx their whole history by mistake just because they don't use coin control. One send max and you've basically linked all your addresses to the attacker.

[Silikiem]

Accidentally I’ve not received any crypto or bitcoin to my wallet. Though I’ve seen some couple of persons saying they just received some bitcoin to their wallet and they don’t know who the sender is but deep down after some sort of findings they still realize it’s not accidental event but rather an intentional transaction but they might have forgotten about it before the transaction happened. The crypto space especially bitcoin isn’t that porous for someone to accidentally send a wallet without knowing because even before every transaction is made you’ll be asked clearly to reconfirm address before sending and even if you initially had the wrong one you’ll still be able to find out through this last minute and probably correct it.

[Cricktor]

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So far I didn't receive dust attacks. If I had, I would freeze those UTXOs and not touch them anymore. I wouldn't use a wallet that is not capable of coin control.

Actually, I would also probably not care about small amounts received by error, beyond what dust attacks commonly are. Not sure where to draw the line, maybe I'd ignore to return anything below ~50$ fiat equivalent, if I had to search for the sender, do some verification and so on. If the sender manages to contact me, it's something else, because then I'd have way less effort with it.

Of course this is all hypothetical in my case as I never received coins by error.


Commonly there's no feasible probability that someone picks a stranger's address by error. Clipboard malware and address poisoning are likely the most probable causes, but the main problem is here carelessness of the sender, when they don't check and verify the output's addresses before they sign and broadcast a transaction.

I've made it a habit to ALWAYS check output addresses, no exception, before I sign a transaction: a handful of characters at the front, at the end and a few around the middle of an address. Simply do not skip this check and better use a hardware wallet with own independant display as signing device (or similarly secure setups like an air-gapped offline computer/laptop as cold wallet signer).

[HashRate Hero]

Accidentally I’ve not received any crypto or bitcoin to my wallet. Though I’ve seen some couple of persons saying they just received some bitcoin to their wallet and they don’t know who the sender is but deep down after some sort of findings they still realize it’s not accidental event but rather an intentional transaction but they might have forgotten about it before the transaction happened. The crypto space especially bitcoin isn’t that porous for someone to accidentally send a wallet without knowing because even before every transaction is made you’ll be asked clearly to reconfirm address before sending and even if you initially had the wrong one you’ll still be able to find out through this last minute and probably correct it.

Wise .... that s why security was renforced by 2nd factor and other stuffs now

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I've made it a habit to ALWAYS check output addresses, no exception, before I sign a transaction: a handful of characters at the front, at the end and a few around the middle of an address. Simply do not skip this check and better use a hardware wallet with own independant display as signing device (or similarly secure setups like an air-gapped offline computer/laptop as cold wallet signer).

Very Instructif ... i mean people have to be carefull any ways ,BTC is Money with a technological side .... Always catch the technical side