Topic: If someone mistakenly sent you 1 ETH, what would you do? - page 6. (Read 1095 times)
the possibility of this scenario is almost 0.01%.. if I would be mistakenly receiving an ethereum, I would send it back to the senders wallet.. we don't know why it was sent mistakenly that's why I need to return it
If someone send me 1 ETH by mistake, I will contact the sender so I can return it. It is a big amount as of today and I believe he really work hard for that. I believe in karma.
Honesty is the best so says an adage It better with utmost honesty to return it to the rightful owner with any contemplation and ulterior motive and send back the 1 ETH its is a mistake and nobody is above a mistake it can happen to anyone, however it is easier said than done I am doubting that only few people will stick to their stand by returning the coin, this is more of psychology. 
If someone mistakenly sent 1 ETH to me. I Will sent back to that person. 1 ETH is very worth now at the current market , so with empathy i Will return back to that person.
well, most of the people would do this if they had honesty in themselves. only, I would have done that if it really was someone's fault sending ethereum. but I will probably do a little research about the ethereum source because it could be the result of past work, or something else. 
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?
If someone claims it to be their money and agrees to receive the money on the same address that they sent from, there would be no confusion about the ownership. But if someone claims the money and make excuses about not sending the money back on same route but a different one than you should not send them unless they provide a solid proof. But all of these could happen only if the sender and receiver know each other.
If this will happen to me I will wait for a month and if any person will contact me and if he proves ownership I will return it of course but if after a month and still no claims I might invest it in projects like defi and wait for a profit 1eth can bring you a lot of profit this bull market and if ever in the future the real owner comes I can immediately sent to him his eth and you also profited, yeah its a win win.
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?
First, it is not mine to donate and if it was "mistakenly" sent and someone announced it on a platform where I can read it then I will surely send the amount back minus the transaction fee. The only problem I see in doing this is the what-if of the ETH coming from an exchange. I have no intention of keeping it knowing that someone out there is in urgent need of the fund but mistakenly sent it to my address.
Will you send it back to its original owner?
Of course I will return it, because it is not impossible that the sender sent the wrong eth. It could be human error or something else.
Trust me whatever the nominal, I'm sure the owner really needs it. But sometimes there are people who don't send it back to the owner, I hope this doesn't happen.
If someone mistakenly sent 1 ETH to me. I Will sent back to that person. 1 ETH is very worth now at the current market , so with empathy i Will return back to that person.
Of course, we don't have to take what is not ours, I will also refund if someone wrongly sends her coins to me, We can feel restless if we send the wrong coins to another address, So we have no right to take it, because the current ETH price is over $ 400, losing $ 400 is very sad
If someone send me 1 ETH by mistake, I will contact the sender so I can return it. It is a big amount as of today and I believe he really work hard for that. I believe in karma.
Since I do know where the eth came from, I will find ways first to know why I received that. Cause maybe Ive joined some raffle or contest and got win. Someone will ptobably find me asking to return it but how do I believe its really him. I would return if its really done by mistake but I would asked for many details and proof that he is really the owner like signed message of the address.
Why you need the owner of the ETH should contact back to you and sign the message from the same address?
Isn't it better to send back to the same address from where you received the ETH.
Moreover 1 ETH is not a small amount, so it's our responsibility to return it to the original owner of it.
Who knows for what purpose he had transacted that 1 ETH?
That amount of money might help him in his life.
So if i would have got that 1 ETH then i will surely send back the money to the original owner.
I'd be so lucky if someone sent me ETH by random address, but it's kinda impossible that someone will have that kind of huge mistake.
depends if the person who sent ethereum has many eth and assets of others in the wallet then I will not return ethereum it to the original owner because he already has a lot of different again if he really did not have any assets in the wallet then I will return ethereum to wallet may he desperately needed money to requirement and eth it could be very useful for him then I will return 100%.
If someone mistakenly sent 1 ETH to me. I Will sent back to that person. 1 ETH is very worth now at the current market , so with empathy i Will return back to that person.
Yeah right it's huge amount of money and if someone mistakenly send that to a wrong wallet it's a big loss for them.
Doing the same thing might be the first thing that will comes up inside my mind, as putting myself on this person's shoe
It's really depressing losing your hard earned money.
Very important in this time of crisis is to feel compassions knowing that everyone are trying to survive with this pandemic
humanity from people around should be taking place.
If someone mistakenly sent 1 ETH to me. I will sent back to that person. 1 ETH is very worth now at the current market , so with empathy, i will return back to that person . I believe that person will very happy.
The sender is very careless if it's true that he sent it by mistakes it was a newbie mistake of not double-checking if he really wants to get it back he will search who owns the receiver wallet and request that it is sent back, I will return if he can prove by changing the label of his address to something I requested, that will prove ownership of his address or a screenshot of his wallet dashboard.
A lot of people say they'll give it back to the original owner, but I wonder who would do it if it did. Most of the people here are bounty hunter and if there's a free amount like that, I believe they'll quickly sell it. 
so you mean bounty hunter have no honesty or empathy and generalize all them will sell it and get its money? i dont think so ,i believe there are many people that will sent it back although actually they need this money. as long as he can still prove it's his, I'll give it back. To be honest, I would probably hold back and wait for the person to confirm that he is the owner of the Ethereum. if possible, I want to return it. however, donating it to a charity is the last resort if no one feels lost to ethereum in a few weeks or months. Well, I do this if it is really the wrong ethereum submission.
If all you had was his address how would you contact him and ask to prove that he's the owner?
If somebody sends you some coins from an address he is usually the owner.
I'd take myself some finder's fee like 20% and send the rest back. I think it would be fair for both sides.
What will you do if someone accidentally or mistakenly sent you 1 ETH?
I don't think if this is possible but,It depends, because there is no way to know the person who just mistakenly sent the 1 eth. How can I know if it is just a mistake or it is truly meant to be sent to my address. But if I know that it is just a mistake, I am willingly to return it, not my money, not for me to spend.
Such mistake to be committed is really very rare for we all know that every address is unique from one another so for a 1 ETH to be mistakenly sent to your address is a very large coincidence and a very big mistake on the sender himself. Well, if I would be the one to be accidentally the recipient of that 1 ETH, I would be glad to return it into the rightful owner for he owns it and that must be the appropriate thing to do for I do not expect any incoming ETH and he maybe have an important transaction on where he will supposedly send that amount. It is just right to return it to him and treat it as a social responsibility for many people are already getting stressed and depressed specially at this time so if this would be a great help to my co-crypto user, then I would return it for his sake. This must also be the action to be done by other crypto users even out of desperation because such amount belongs to a rightful owner and must not be taken it by our own.
What will you do if someone accidentally or mistakenly sent you 1 ETH?
I don't think if this is possible but,It depends, because there is no way to know the person who just mistakenly sent the 1 eth. How can I know if it is just a mistake or it is truly meant to be sent to my address. But if I know that it is just a mistake, I am willingly to return it, not my money, not for me to spend.
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