Topic: [HELP ON REFUND] WRONGLY SENT $1000 worth of BTC to copper member payment addres (Read 1325 times)

Owl give you the same advice.  Owl of the sudden it seems like it's time to close the barn door on this thread before it becomes a real free-for-owl.  If people wanted to keep talking about it though, I'm owl ears.  Following this tail has been a real hoot.  Owl always be glad to read stories like this having a happy ending.  Next time make sure to double check your sending addresses instead of trying to wing it.  A mistake like this could have led to someone getting their talons into your coins.  Stay wise. 

He's one of the best newbie I've seen based on the amount of merit he's received for just one post. EZ0010 managed to get 250 merit "senior member requirements" in one viral post in late 2021. He has built a good reputation for his account simply because of his honest attitude, it's a great return from the community for someone who knows what it's like to lose money on a bad mistake unintentional.

Like you said, if EZ0010 wants to rank up then he has to post more and have enough activity. If he was a quality poster then it was not impossible that he would get 500 merit or 1000 merit for the requirement to rank up to Legendary.

OP, since your problem is solved then I suggest closing this thread. Not to discourage spammers "I'm sure spammers don't dare mess around here", but it's because your problem is solved.

Best advice,

I believe user EZ0010 will easily pass as the first newbie to have risen to a Snr ranked member on the forum in less than a month of being truly active on the forum with just 5 posts. Congratulations! The harder part of the job has already been done for you. All you need now are activities and post count to match it up.

A bad example is contagious.
We create the world around us by our actions. If actions give rise to lies, deception, mistrust, etc., then this only multiplies the negative.

Stories like this are a great example of the fact that everything is in our hands and we need to treat each other the way we want them to treat us. The participants in the events described above remain a vivid example of this.


Decency and honesty are not tied to the nation and are international. It is in such actions as yours that these qualities are manifested.

"A bad example is contagious." Let me add to this that good examples encourage to do the same. I am sure that EZ0010's actions impressed many here and inspired them to take positive actions.

Belief in the humanity of the community grows stronger after reading this topic. User comments contribute to this too.

~$4 per merit, money well spent.

I'M KIDDING! IT'S A JOKE!!! $4 is too much for a merit, you guys gotta send more merits.


This forum is brimful of scammers so your action stands out and that's a good thing (your thing... not the scammers). Too often we take honesty for granted but discuss fraud and lies and other garbage at length.

Please accept my respect. Your words, this is exactly what I wrote earlier about simple human behavior. It's nice to hear that you just talk about your act, because judging by the reviews, for some, your act was comparable to a feat.

Stay in the forum. In fact, you shook up the forum, and probably everyone, while writing their posts in this thread, asked themselves how they would act in this situation.

We will not use a lot of pretentious words, but if your example serves to reassess life among those present at the forum, perhaps we will see many similar examples in the future.

My regards

Totally agree, I just saw someone here asking where I'm from Lol but I'm with you I believe every nation has its bad and good people.

We all should be same of you regardless of our religion. No human can be a fraud. People were surprised because most of the times, chances is most joining the forum are scammer as currently we can see that. A lot of people are joining the forum, building reputation and then scamming other people. So, certainly you are different from them, you deserve that appreciation.

We reacted overwhelmingly the way we did because the present world has been literally taken over by immorality, lies, deceits and all manners of wickedness. If this same incident had happened in 1986 or 1996, believe me, no one would've baited an eyelid. You did well as you didn't allow the temptation of greed overcome your action. After all, you had nothing to lose as a newbie if you had absconded and ceased to post here any more and I think that's where that element of surprise of you returning the cash came from among users here. Kudos!

Ideally, yes we don't have to find any reason for being good. Being good should be a way of life. But the sad reality is that we only can give what we have. An immoral mind can't exhume morality. The user was able to return the $1000 because he didn't know how NOT to return it. He acted on his conscience.

Astonishing, and you got some rewards for being who you are which is highest merit per post ratio which is 55:1 if I am not wrong.

We don't need a reason to be good, if we are looking for a reason to be good then its not actually who you/we are. Kudos brother!

Thanks everyone for your kind words, and yes I used a VPN while I was creating my account and I had to pay something like 1$ or 3$ I sent 10$ by mistake and contacted support and theymos refunded me.

I've been reading Bitcoin news since 2013 and started using it in 2016 but didn't have Bitcointalk account, bought first bitcoin in 2017, then really got into Bitcoin from the technical level in 2020, I even used some of the 1000$ theymos sent me by mistake to open a lightning channel on my LN node and I told him when he contacted me I don't have all of the on-chain funds I can send him from LN since I opened some channels and can't close them as it would affect my node rating, thanks to him he let me keep some of the funds as a gift and send the rest.

As for my reaction to the accident and returning the money, tbh and I really mean it, I didn't expect people on this thread to be surprised by my action! I thought this is logical action, the money isn't mine even if I got it and no one knows and I'm totally anonymous I still can't take someone else's money as they don't belong to me and I'm not the rightful owner.

Also I really know how it feels to lose money due to human error, I did it many times, especially nowadays with lighting network you have to keep a backup of your node constantly I lost some funds because I didn't care about the backup and formatted my hard drive by mistake.

They have portrayed bitcoin in the negative sense from the previous time when it was used in Silk Road but were there not any criminal activities past 2009? It's actually the people who use them and currency is not itself good or bad but how it is being used but the people who still believes Governments and banking houses can easily come across these statements which says btc is bad and other bullshit but those who understands bitcoin at the root levels know it's life saver.Moreover they say it's anonymous but it's pseudo anonymous which means the they can track transactions to some extent unlike Monero but the problem very few cares to listen.Such cases where people get Bitcoin back are not good for any media houses and news channel who only runs after publicity and profits but we as forum members appreciate this kind efforts from theymos and our newbie hero who proves it with his decency human kindness can dilute all the false claims.Happy for @OP as well that he recieved his funds back.

You have a golden heart man and just recently bumped across this topic and was amazed to see this happening because I have seen or say come across some situations in which the people have enough to enjoy their life and whenever some kind of this human error arises they never return them and said the sender should have been careful before hand.But in the world where there is evil minded people diminishing the negative part of bitcoin you come across as a bright light to endure all the darkness.Best wishes to you man and kind words from you.

I think this answer will work here:


But of course, the user really wants to be on the forum, and asks to remove the proxy ban, tell me why should he shoot himself in the foot? For me, this story is quite logical, After all, someone else's money always remains someone else's. Many people present here have a religion, according to the rules of which there are commandments: "do not steal" and "do not deceive."
Let's add that the money goes to the account on Christmas Eve. Of course, not everything is in vain, because by appropriating someone else's today, we boomerang to lose tomorrow and much more. This is the law of life. Also, not for everyone, a thousand dollars is worthy of not sleeping well afterwards, but shuddering, every time stumbling somewhere.
Nevertheless, I applaud the one who returned the money, and I am glad that the world has not yet turned into a distorting mirror as it seems to us from time to time.

I think we should find out the user's nationality and send his president a thank you card for raising him well 🤔. On a serious note, it goes to show how good intentioned some people are notwithstanding their ranks here.

However, my question would be – How did you get the receiver's address, seeing that he's just a newbie and may not have taken part in any business deal on the forum? The user has just three posts here, though got registered in 2020 (I don't know if they were ever in any campaign). Was this just another chanced miracle happening upon us that the benevolent receiver just happened to be here at the nick of time?

...and there it is, someone very special and incurrptible.!
It took a little while for me to figure out the whole scenerio and how it happened; since someone made a typical post making references to how "giving honest replies" could fetch some more merits for anyone instead of spilling the whole forum with shitty post. Well, that's a very good point of consideration but on the contrary, I discovered that wasn't all he did.
Funny enough no one knows how he/she is gonna react to this no matter your evaluation until it happens then you'll discover most peeps that are even positively tagged might turn wolves in sheep clothing mostly for the fact that it was anonymous...
Bitter truth
 I don't have Smerits, I wouldn't hesitate giving you everything even if I had 100 in my custody.You deserve more accolades dude, at least you have a kind heart and you have stirred someone out there unknown to you,kudus!

Congratulations EZ0010

Some acts are worth commending, especially a newbie whose account status is so low that it can be abandoned. Yet, there are some higher ranking members who would not return the BTC even at the expense of getting negatively tagged. Even @Theymos confirmed he was somewhat anonymous.
Now, he has earned positive trust, especially from Theymos. If you are here for business, you have graciously earned the trust.
EZ0010, please don't allow the glaring corrupt world change your personality.

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This act reminds me when I lost my mobile phone, I was so bittered because I wasn't prepared to get another and I delayed to perform an important backup. On my way back from the search of my lost phone with a bittered heart, I saw a pulse which contained phone higher than mine. I smiled, powered the phone, the owner called and picked it up later same day. The owner was very grateful and was telling me about other things she would have lost in the phone. I couldn't even tell her my stories 

I am glad to see that everything worked out in the end.
It is really surprising to see a random newbie show such integrity and honesty. Way to go, @EZ0010. Perhaps there is still hope for human civilization. 

This is unironically the best Chrismas topic I have seen this year and it does not even try to be it.
Glad to see good honest people in action within this community, Merry Christmas.

This is the most happiest thread I have read in this entire month. Two people losing their money and getting it back.
Still couldn't believe theymos actually did that mistake. This makes me realize we should never take crypto payments for granted.
Although I do double check every time, I guess I will have to quadruple check every time I make a payment.

But thanks to EZ0010 and theymos, faith in humanity is restored 

This also shows that even the most experienced and old people in bitcoin can do the mistake of sending bitcoin to the wrong address.
We often think that only newbies in bitcoin do this mistake but you can see that even the founder of bitcointalk can do that mistake too.

All is well that ends well.