Topic: If someone mistakenly sent you 1 ETH, what would you do? - page 4. (Read 1118 times)
I and my friends have never had such situation, and therefore it is difficult to say what my friends would do in such a situation, but as soon as I would receive any amount in my wallet, I would immediately transfer the entire amount back.
I expect you to send the Eth back since it's never yours, before running away with others money always think about been in others shoe, what if you are the one that mistakenly sent out the Eth in the first place? Won't you wish for a refund?
This is true! There is a sentence that I always remember "treat people like the way you want to be treated". Therefore, try to be in other situations and think about what should they expect! Let think what if the one who mistakenly sent you 1 ETH has to borrow money from the bank or something to invest in this market? What if 1 ETH is all they have left? I would send it back! 
I don't think a smart guy would send a Eth to unknown address without double checking.
Mostly he is gonna copy paste the address anyway.
In case he sends it I think most people wouldn't send it back to him.
In general, it is not possible to know exactly who the sender is and if 1 ETH is of high value during that time, it will be very unlikely to return. I've never been in this situation, but I understand if I send it wrong it all ends and there is almost no hope of getting the money back. It is best for each person to be careful in the transaction and to check multiple times before deciding to send. Mostly he is gonna copy paste the address anyway.
In case he sends it I think most people wouldn't send it back to him.
Since there is no legal binding on the crypto address so I think most people wouldn't give back 1 ETH mistakenly sent to them. Even irl, there are plenty of scoundrels using someone else lost credit card or not returns people's money so in crypto world would be the same. I'm different tho so I would give back that 1 ETH.
I expect you to send the Eth back since it's never yours, before running away with others money always think about been in others shoe, what if you are the one that mistakenly sent out the Eth in the first place? Won't you wish for a refund?
I don't think a smart guy would send a Eth to unknown address without double checking.
Mostly he is gonna copy paste the address anyway.
In case he sends it I think most people wouldn't send it back to him.
Mostly he is gonna copy paste the address anyway.
In case he sends it I think most people wouldn't send it back to him.
I agree most people wouldn't send it back. It similar to finding a lot of money on the streets. Who would honestly report it to the police? If you don't personally know the person that lost the money, humans tend to not bother about the misfortunate of a random stranger. Personally I would probably just keep it and wait what happens. It would be very hard to contact the sender with the huge anonymitiy in crpytos. In the end I probably would exchange half of it into Bitcoins and keep the rest.
I don't think a smart guy would send a Eth to unknown address without double checking.
Mostly he is gonna copy paste the address anyway.
In case he sends it I think most people wouldn't send it back to him.
Mostly he is gonna copy paste the address anyway.
In case he sends it I think most people wouldn't send it back to him.
If that ever happened to me. How I wish. I will definitely find sleeper coins/tokens, low cap coins, since there's no way but up because the coin that I am going to buy are on the floor already. For example, if I buy 1 sat coins/tokens, and it became 2 sats, it only means that I double my money. What if it because 10 sats? But of course, I will find good fundamentals coins/tokens not just shit coins.
A very brilliant idea, you can double the money you have for free. If you have benefited from that, would you like to send that 1 eth back to the existing address?
return 1 eth will be better than we should have problems later on, because 1 eth is not ours and we have to return. but it is impossible for someone to send to someone else's address by mistake, for that must be serious carelessness
And how would he know to contact you if he mistakenly sent to your address? Are you just sending again the 1 eth to the address where it came from? The situation seems simple but it's not.
The situation is simple. There are only two choices, no need to overthink it. Keep it or send it back.
return 1 eth will be better than we should have problems later on, because 1 eth is not ours and we have to return. but it is impossible for someone to send to someone else's address by mistake, for that must be serious carelessness
And how would he know to contact you if he mistakenly sent to your address? Are you just sending again the 1 eth to the address where it came from? The situation seems simple but it's not.
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.
Thoughts?
Surely this is the most reasonable thing to do. We need to be nice to mankind. If a prove is provided or a honest contact is made if that is possible, then to return it is the right thing to follow
return 1 eth will be better than we should have problems later on, because 1 eth is not ours and we have to return. but it is impossible for someone to send to someone else's address by mistake, for that must be serious carelessness
Such mistakes are highly possible mate depending on the wallet involved.
return 1 eth will be better than we should have problems later on, because 1 eth is not ours and we have to return. but it is impossible for someone to send to someone else's address by mistake, for that must be serious carelessness
if i have to imagine this, i will give the ETH back. it's not mine anyway. because i know the feels when some people lost their money. but i think it's impossible for people sending their ETH into wrong address. i mean it's about your assets, it's your money. of course they will double or triple check it before you send it.
I think the step you chose was a very wise move because it returns something that is not yours but unfortunately only a few people can be like you because most of them will take the money and make withdrawals because they think it belongs to them. 
if i have to imagine this, i will give the ETH back. it's not mine anyway. because i know the feels when some people lost their money. but i think it's impossible for people sending their ETH into wrong address. i mean it's about your assets, it's your money. of course they will double or triple check it before you send it.
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?
Believe it, you are just dreaming or want to test our legitmate. I know the real situation is always different than the dreaming situation. I don't want to lose my time in this dream. Almost 99.9% percent chance to have this Ethereum. One address can't be different from the others by only one number or letter. 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?
Because I participate in many bounty campaigns and airdrops, if I find 1 ETH in my wallet, I will not consider it a wrong send.
I would think that 1 ETH was paid for from the bounty, unless there was a message from someone to me admitting that he sent
1 ETH wrong address. Of course I will return it, if indeed that person can prove to be the owner of 1 ETH.
I would think that 1 ETH was paid for from the bounty, unless there was a message from someone to me admitting that he sent
1 ETH wrong address. Of course I will return it, if indeed that person can prove to be the owner of 1 ETH.
Well i don't want to argue, how can anyone Making mistake. For me, i wouldn't hurry, sending back 1eth. I would rather try to find out the reason and source of that transaction. After verifying those thing properly, I'll take decision whether i should send back or not
Yes, finding out first if it is really a mistake since there is no way to know who the sender is. The only thing we can do is to wait and verify first all the information needed then sending it back should be done. I know saying it is easier than done, but we all know to ourselves what is right.
Very difficult, but I think maybe I will use it all because the price of eth is quite high now I don't know I can use it for donations, but it's good to return it to the original owner of eth who knows he needs it to pay for something or it is cryptocurrency for investment.
the first one I will return because it's not my right. secondly, I think it's not easy and it's impossible because it's a fatal mistake. now we know if people are going to send tokens or coins it must be through careful checking because so there are no mistakes
Returning the 1 ETH is easier said than done. It takes a well disciplined and principled individual to return such fund. However, if one had ever been the one that made the mistake and really felt how it was to make such mistake with the hope of getting it back, I think good decision will become easy to make. But personally, I will return it. I had carelessly lost funds in the past. So, I know what the other person might be feeling.
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