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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: talldreams on September 25, 2013, 08:58 am

Title: Bitcoin sent to wrong wallet address
Post by: talldreams on September 25, 2013, 08:58 am
i was attempting to withdraw btc from my sr account but i accidentally had the wrong address saved to my clipboard im still unclear how this happened 
i dont even know whose address it was or how i got it copied to my clipboard but that sure as hell didnt stop my coins from leaving smh

do you guys know of any way i can reverse this or if its even possible to get my coins back
silly mistake i kno but any info you have will be helpful ty
i was able to get the info from blockchain but idk what else to do

here is the transaction info
http://blockchain.info/tx/355568fc88b858e39d540b7bc6d715c14bd6f071e2a63d9eff66548b8308fe31

do you think im wasting my time even trying to get this back?
Title: Re: Bitcoin sent to wrong wallet address
Post by: A1pha on September 25, 2013, 09:47 am
I did the exact same thing last week and sent an extra few bitcoins to the wrong address by having the wrong address copied then pasted. Have name, address, email and phone number of receipient and after many polite requests for them to to return the BTC they told me they had reported me to the police and if I contacted again - they would take it further. Not sure what to do really. ??  Can't see what they have to report....
Any advice would be appreciated

just out of interest how did you get the name, address, phone number etc.
Title: Re: Bitcoin sent to wrong wallet address
Post by: isallmememe on September 25, 2013, 10:15 am
you people need to understand that bitcoin is non returnable once you've sent them. you must always check, double check then double check again that you have entered the right address before clicking to send the btc. you've had an expensive lesson here, don't make it again for the sake of comparing the address you've pasted to your own. it only takes 30 seconds but saves you losing your money.

also, what the hell were you doing copying someone else's btc address to your clipboard in the first place? especially right before you were about to transfer coin yourself. not being funny, but doing that and then not comparing the address you pasted to your own before you clicked send was a really stupid thing to do.
Title: Re: Bitcoin sent to wrong wallet address
Post by: Yoda on September 25, 2013, 01:58 pm
Kiss it goodbye... it's a one way transaction.

Think about it; if it wasn't, everyone would just take their btc back after they bought their drugs.
Title: Re: Bitcoin sent to wrong wallet address
Post by: b0m on September 25, 2013, 02:07 pm
If i were u i would take out the information.

I just found a ton of transactions made by your ip: http://blockchain.info/de/ip-address/66.114.33.250

By the way: the only chance to get something back is to remember who owns that address and ask nicely. I have seen pretty sick things happen here. Someone got send 45 bitcoins out of the blue and asked in the forum what to do lol. Eventually he sent that back and the guy was so happy he gave him 20 bitcoins
Title: Re: Bitcoin sent to wrong wallet address
Post by: talldreams on September 25, 2013, 02:39 pm
thanks for replying and im pretty sure thats not my ip address
but damn i cant even imagine losing 40 coins thats crazyy
at least he gave some back tho cause that karma is a bitchh

but yeah i guess it not looking to good either way
might just have to act like it never happened
i mean i know the address i sent it to but i cant figure out who owns it
does anyone know how i can find out who owns a wallet address or how i can get in contact with them at least?
Title: Re: Bitcoin sent to wrong wallet address
Post by: cstar on September 25, 2013, 05:52 pm
sucks
Title: Re: Bitcoin sent to wrong wallet address
Post by: isallmememe on September 25, 2013, 11:42 pm
thanks for replying and im pretty sure thats not my ip address
but damn i cant even imagine losing 40 coins thats crazyy
at least he gave some back tho cause that karma is a bitchh

but yeah i guess it not looking to good either way
might just have to act like it never happened
i mean i know the address i sent it to but i cant figure out who owns it
does anyone know how i can find out who owns a wallet address or how i can get in contact with them at least?

the whole reason silk road can operate is because btc is anonymous. so no, there is no way to find out the owner of an address or message them. you just gotta learn to be very careful with this shit, its not american express you know.
Title: Re: Bitcoin sent to wrong wallet address
Post by: cryngie on September 26, 2013, 12:39 am
I did the exact same thing last week and sent an extra few bitcoins to the wrong address by having the wrong address copied then pasted. Have name, address, email and phone number of receipient and after many polite requests for them to to return the BTC they told me they had reported me to the police and if I contacted again - they would take it further. Not sure what to do really. ??  Can't see what they have to report....
Any advice would be appreciated

just out of interest how did you get the name, address, phone number etc.


I would also be interested as to how this info was possibly found out
Title: Re: Bitcoin sent to wrong wallet address
Post by: cloudland on September 26, 2013, 02:15 am
it is virtually impossible to find out the identity of a bitcoin wallet. it IS possible, but would require enlisting some very smart Phd students; and that would only work if the origal transaction sent to the wallet came from say coinbase which has each account tied to a bank account.

if coins were bought and sent via a mixer, then forget it.

the entire purpose of bitcoin is to keep the trail and identity anonymous. i know you've heard this.

it's painful losing money that way, but let it go. while bitcoins are not illegal, i suspect obviously you were using or intended to use for SR purchases. the person you sent it to probably figures as much; and could easily spin a story to the police that the funds likely were for illicit intentions.

sorry, feel for you