15btc transaction fee, big mistake - page 3.

MingLee

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Quote from: JaneEverycunt on May 07, 2016, 10:56:15 AM

Quote from: Lutzow on May 07, 2016, 10:47:02 AM

Definitely big.

Not as big as https://blockchain.info/tx/cc455ae816e6cdafdb58d54e35d4f46d860047458eacf1c7405dc634631c570d

Rip that dude.

15 BTC is a huge loss, especially when used as a transaction fee. Considering it is just going to go the miners, though, it is probably a better outcome than sending it to the wrong address, where it could be lost forever.

There seems to be a number of these issues recently, maybe people need to start paying more attention.

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Nobody can reverse that transaction. Some lucky bastard got a nice piece out of this. Mining has to be rewarded sometimes.

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Quote from: Lutzow on May 07, 2016, 10:47:02 AM

Definitely big.

Not as big as https://blockchain.info/tx/cc455ae816e6cdafdb58d54e35d4f46d860047458eacf1c7405dc634631c570d

Lutzow

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Definitely big. The irreversability of btc transaction makes it a double edged sword. 15 btc can already buy a mini car

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Quote from: arklan on March 02, 2016, 07:04:51 PM

in the past when such has occurred, it was due to someone doing some custom client stuff and making a mistake, or so they said. unless the sender comes forward here, we'll never know.

reversible? nope.

Isn't there a testnet mode to conveniently try stuff that you are coding without risking losing BTC? I think there is.
If this was a mistake, whoever made this mistake must have tons of BTC, I think when this happens it's usually whales that don't care that much because they have tons of BTC. There is no other explanation. Anyone of us regular folks with regular wallets, would check x10 times before sending any custom fees.

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Quote from: ebliever on May 06, 2016, 06:59:27 PM

There was a 291 BTC payment to send .0001 BTC just a little over a week ago. Last I heard the miners were looking for the sender to refund the money, but no one had come forward. There was an article on Coindesk about it, and someone noticed the transaction and started a thread here about it.

They could just return the money, although that has a risk as the address can be abandoned by the owner already. Maybe they can send a small amount back to the address the 291 BTC came from to draw some attention.

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It has been quite old but any news if guy got contacted on getting it back or something?

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aww,its hurts,another mistake from pool?is this third transaction that have big fee and bigger than amount transacted?
someone siad this is not first time and not last time,i will wait for another mistakes,i wish not happen to me Grin

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it was very large, and why is it always exceeds the number of shipments, as was the case previously only sent 0.0001 with fee of about 291BTC

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The fees so high if im the sender of that bitcoin i would not using anymore in the site that he/she using. What is her/his bitcoin wallet site? I need to change my wallet so that it will never happen to me. This is Error of site or not? How about he refund hes bitcoin is that possible?

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Thats a too high fee

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Quote from: Syke on May 06, 2016, 04:58:44 PM

Quote from: AliceWonderMiscreations on March 14, 2016, 09:19:59 PM

And the protocol should protect people when the sending app fails to do so.

No, it should not.

not the protocol but the wallets for common people should.

Unless it was somehow intentional, but I can't think about a reason for someone send 15 BTC txt fee by mistake

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Quote from: Blackmet on March 16, 2016, 12:53:57 PM

Now i will be so attentive when i am doing a transaction. Really? Shocked

~6000$
Will chek twice next time.

it was not a problem for me because I have not bitcoin too big in my wallet So even if the fee of it. I could not afford or may be insufficent funds Lol

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Quote from: ebliever on May 06, 2016, 06:59:27 PM

Quote from: bugsywugsy on May 06, 2016, 05:08:36 PM

That's not very encouraging. 15 btc overpay now... What's to stop a 150 BTC overpay happening later. 1500 BTC? Could change everything.

There was a 291 BTC payment to send .0001 BTC just a little over a week ago. Last I heard the miners were looking for the sender to refund the money, but no one had come forward. There was an article on Coindesk about it, and someone noticed the transaction and started a thread here about it.

If no one has come forward, maybe it was crime related. IDK, can't imagine anyone brushing off 291 BTC. Who sends .0001 when you have that much anyway? Might have been an exploit/intentional.

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Quote from: bugsywugsy on May 06, 2016, 05:08:36 PM

That's not very encouraging. 15 btc overpay now... What's to stop a 150 BTC overpay happening later. 1500 BTC? Could change everything.

There was a 291 BTC payment to send .0001 BTC just a little over a week ago. Last I heard the miners were looking for the sender to refund the money, but no one had come forward. There was an article on Coindesk about it, and someone noticed the transaction and started a thread here about it.

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That's not very encouraging. 15 btc overpay now... What's to stop a 150 BTC overpay happening later. 1500 BTC? Could change everything.

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Quote from: AliceWonderMiscreations on March 14, 2016, 09:19:59 PM

And the protocol should protect people when the sending app fails to do so.

No, it should not.

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Quote from: 18xk5oT2rLrAc24SL96XT14BX on May 06, 2016, 01:29:22 PM

Quote from: franky1 on March 02, 2016, 06:36:45 PM

https://blockchain.info/tx/6fe69404e6c12b25b60fcd56cc6dc9fb169b24608943def6dbe1eb0a9388ed08

.Is there any imaginable way to reverse that transaction or remedy it in anyway? Could it have been on purpose? Some ledger manipulation thing or something, or was just fat fingered?

You can't reverse a confirmed transaction. All they can do is contact the miner/mining pool, prove their identity by signing a message with the sending key, and ask pretty-please-can-I-have-my-bitcoin-back? There have been some major cases where that has been done (kudos to the miners!), but it gets more tiresome every time this happens and I can understand if they draw the line somewhere.

I'll say it AGAIN - the authors of wallets need to hardcode limits on the transaction fees to flatly prevent someone from accidently plugging in an absurdly high fee. If someone ever does want to send something with a huge fee let them use a custom wallet or tool to do it. The rest of us don't need the "ability" to send a transaction with a fee of higher than, say, 0.1 BTC.

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Quote from: franky1 on March 02, 2016, 06:36:45 PM

https://blockchain.info/tx/6fe69404e6c12b25b60fcd56cc6dc9fb169b24608943def6dbe1eb0a9388ed08

.Is there any imaginable way to reverse that transaction or remedy it in anyway? Could it have been on purpose? Some ledger manipulation thing or something, or was just fat fingered?

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hee-ho.

Quote from: Slowturtleinc on March 17, 2016, 12:24:16 PM

Which wallets offer this or how do I protect myself from unloading my savings in a transfer?
Checked the wallets I use and all pretty much have protection from this.

no wallet should do this unless you modify a wallet's source code and made a mistake.
and this could also happen because of the sender forgot to add an output while making a raw transaction manually.

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