Topic: If someone mistakenly sent you 1 ETH, what would you do? - page 5. (Read 1095 times)

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.

By the way, Kudos to the OP.  I love thought provoking threads, especially ones that delve into the realm of morality. 

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

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Right, I rather worry if someone got a hold on my ETH address and sent me 1 ETH out of random. You would never know how easily you could fall into someone's trail of "dirty ETH" if you sent it back. Me? I wouldn't send back 1 ETH unless I'm sure not falling into anyone's pawn.
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Even though this ^ makes no sense, you're suspicious / jaded/ cautious AF - as you should be.  Trust no one.

I'd be keeping it too.

Just like everyone else that got started in crypto, we were all newbies at some point.  Wide-eyed & bushy tailed.    In early 2018, I got scammed trusting someone that wanted to "help" me.  It was an expensive lesson that I'll never forget.  Thing is, I owned it.  No one to blame except myself.  These days, people that have their crypto stolen blame the project and/or demand the devs "do something" to get their crypto back - instead of taking responsibility for their own actions (or inactions).

It's so nice to read dozens of posts that paint such a lovely picture about how honest and caring the world of crypto is.  Makes me feel all warm & fuzzy inside.  The truth is at least 9/10 of the saints saying they'd send back that 1 ETH - wouldn't, and I'd expect nothing less / nothing more.  We make mistakes; and some of them are expensive.  Hopefully, we learn from them and move on.  That's just reality, folks.

I don't think people do such mistakes anymore, sometimes they give high gas fee and loss money! But yet if suddenly I see I have 1 Ethereum received from an unknown address, I will search that address in google to find out the guy, if it for the tip, I will accept that gladly! But if the sender verifies his mistake then I will give back to him! And I believe every human being should do that, otherwise, it will be cheating!

Anything can happen in sending digital assets and I will just take it as a natural gift from God. I will hold it for long and see what I can do with it in assisting the less privileged.

I don't think it will happen because this is not emailed that senders typed miss-spelling. Need to copy-paste, and send. If I receive I will try to find that member in the forum. But Definitely I will return the ETH to the sender address but I will not pay the GAS fee

Why would I donate someone's money to the charity? To make me feel less guilty after spending other money without their consent? No, for 1 ETH, I would send it right back at the sender's address. I'm a bit superstitious so I believe in karma.

I think there is a situation here that you need to figure out before you do anything. You should return it back, that is the ethical and moral thing to do, however you don't know where it is sent from, if you send it back you may actually cause people to lose it as well.

For example, someone might have withdrawn it from an exchange and mistakenly sent to you, now you might say how could someone send a withdrawal to you but how did they sent it to you in other ways as well, they are all sounding weird, so if it is like that and you send it back exchange gets it and not the person. So, you need to make sure somehow that person who sent it to you also receives it back, I don't know how but if you could do that somehow you could make sure that they get it back to the right address instead of sending it back to same address.

If someone find a way to find me and wrote me in some of social network, I will return him ETH because on somebody failure you can't build your happines, may be I will also try to find info about owner of the wallet from which transaction was sent.

maybe within 1-7 days I'll be waiting for news like social media or whatever. If the owner can provide proof of ownership then I will return it if within 7 days there is no legal owner then the 1 ETH will officially be mine
I now fantasize getting 1 ETH from an unfamiliar wallet , but that's impossible

Interesting that not one person in this entire thread has looked at this morality question from an 180 degree perspective.

If YOU mistakenly sent 1 ETH - would you expect to get it back?

Answer = Nope.

Making mistakes is how we learn valuable life lessons.  In most cases, education isn't free.

how can we know that the 1 eth we received is mistake? how do you conclude that the etherium we receive is someone's fault when making a transaction? even a beginner in the crypto world will double-check the address before sending money.

and I will consider that ethereum that I received as a gift. 

As long as he can still provide proof of ETH ownership, I will gladly return to the owner. Honestly, to get 1 ETH is really hard, and it would be very sad if the assets we have just lost because of an accidental mistake. Prioritize honesty, then our life will feel peaceful.

Depend on how the person mistakenly sent to me react. If he contacts me and asking to return it then I would give it back. Never want to sell my soul for just a few ETH rightfully from someone else.

If the person sending me ETH by mistake is on my address list like how I on his address list then I would send it back to him because I know him. If it was an unknown stranger, I don't like how that stranger would do.

Well, for me I would rather return it, provided the ownership can be proved as you have rightly said.  I don't have interest in taking what another has acquired with sweat.  Anybody can make mistake whether accidental or thereabout and we should know that what goes around also comes around.

Hold half, buy some BAT with the rest 😂

Too bad I have never received any free accidental money 😭

Receiving ETH, BTC or any other altcoin by a mistake is pretty impossible because there are so many possible crypto addresses (billions of billions?). So he has to know your address and then send it to your wallet for example by copying wrong target address. And what I would do with it? Nothing, only if he contacts me for example by sending me a token with the name "Sendback" for example, I will return. But you never know why you receive the transaction and what his intentions are. 

I think the best thing to do is to send it back but then what if this person was just some whale trying to tip you for making a good contribution in this community or making a huge impact in the crypto space. OP talked about the signed message but if he signs this message where are you going to meet him supposing he is not in this forum for you to see the signed message. Anyway, I think the best thing to do is to send it back and if he/she returns then you definitely know is a gift.