Topic: If you recieved random BTC, would you return it? - page 13. (Read 7099 times)
That's not impossible to happen to anyone, but somehow with a little chance. For me, I'll return it back but I will make sure that I will send it to the right person. I believe on Rachel Grady's quote: “Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.” When I sent my btc to a wrong address, I would like to get my money back, yes maybe I have a mistake, but that's not an intention to happen.
If that happens then most probably I will keep it but if the sender would ask me to send it back then, I will. 
I would most likely keep it because I don't know if someone was just trying to be nice to someone else. I know that's unlikely, but there's no way to know. If it's a large amount, then I may feel too guilty to keep it though.
I honestly would not give it back because its your own mistake and how can you even do this.
You always have to check your adress.
You always have to check your adress.
I mean who knows if the guy that just sent you this is a criminal or a good man?
It's difficult to answer but i think that i would send them back i'd rather return the money to a criminal than steal them from a good guy who needs them...even if they come fron a criminal i don't want his dirty money. 
Why would I return it? The person who sent it obviously doesn't know to spend it properly, and who knows what he'll do with it next. Returning it would only be wasting good bitcoin. 
I would also do this! No point in sending it back. I would then keep it and probably invest in something or maybe just hold on to it for a while until I can figure out what to do with it or when the prices change to my liking.
This is pretty weak justification for keeping something that isn't rightfully yours. The coins have readily identifiable ownership linked to them - the sending address. If you found a wallet on the street which contained money and identification, would you keep that because the person "obviously doesn't know" how to possess a wallet?
Why would I return it? The person who sent it obviously doesn't know to spend it properly, and who knows what he'll do with it next. Returning it would only be wasting good bitcoin.
I would also do this! No point in sending it back. I would then keep it and probably invest in something or maybe just hold on to it for a while until I can figure out what to do with it or when the prices change to my liking.
Honestly, I wouldn't.
I mean, what are the chances of me getting bitcoins randomly? <0.00001%. There are just so much addresses and it would have been very lucky for me to receive coins randomly. However, I would return the coins if the sender asks me to return it, but I'll keep a few of it as compensation from his mistake.
I mean, what are the chances of me getting bitcoins randomly? <0.00001%. There are just so much addresses and it would have been very lucky for me to receive coins randomly. However, I would return the coins if the sender asks me to return it, but I'll keep a few of it as compensation from his mistake.
Yep, this is pretty true. I feel like what OP is really getting at is the same real life scenario of someone leaving some money on a table by accident and you find it, or a wallet - would you return it to its owner or go out of your way to find the owner.
Yes, I'll probably return it, IF the person could trace and contact me the soonest possible otherwise I may spend in at tradings.. lol, honestly, i am willing to return it as long as I will not give so much effort to whoever sent me or rather know from where the heavens it came from. 
I would if he can prove that he is the owner of the bitcoins tht was mistakenly sent to me. I wouldn't just send it back to the address which was sent to me though. I mean I will wait for them to contact me and provide proof of ownership if they are telling the truth. If nothing came to take it bac then maybe I'll just keep it safe in the meantime and think over if I'll use it or not.
Why would I return it? The person who sent it obviously doesn't know to spend it properly, and who knows what he'll do with it next. Returning it would only be wasting good bitcoin.
Let's say you wake up some day and you get like 1 BTC. For me this is a lot. What do you do? You return back the BTC to the owner, do you keep it? and why.
I don't know what I would do to be honest. I mean who knows if the guy that just sent you this is a criminal or a good man? Very tough decision. For someone like me that has a small BTC wallet and is trying to make as much BTC as possible before its too late due price going too high, it would be hard to return it, but I would feel bad to keep it too.
I don't know what I would do to be honest. I mean who knows if the guy that just sent you this is a criminal or a good man? Very tough decision. For someone like me that has a small BTC wallet and is trying to make as much BTC as possible before its too late due price going too high, it would be hard to return it, but I would feel bad to keep it too.
If I receive a random bitcoin I will gladly return it. But the problem is to whom will i give it back. I will return it if the person who send me btc will show up and claim it from me by presenting datas tha he or she owns the btc. But at the end of the day I will not use that bitcoin until that person who owns that bitcoins shows up. It is not mine to its not for me thats my motto.
Honestly, I wouldn't.
I mean, what are the chances of me getting bitcoins randomly? <0.00001%. There are just so much addresses and it would have been very lucky for me to receive coins randomly. However, I would return the coins if the sender asks me to return it, but I'll keep a few of it as compensation from his mistake.
I mean, what are the chances of me getting bitcoins randomly? <0.00001%. There are just so much addresses and it would have been very lucky for me to receive coins randomly. However, I would return the coins if the sender asks me to return it, but I'll keep a few of it as compensation from his mistake.
if I got it for free, then I would not give it back. I think it was a gift for me because of the possibility of wrong delivery address wallet does not seem likely.
Lol yeah maybe I would have done the same thing as you dude 
I mean maybe it was luck that is given unto God to youso you receive bitcoin from god. and you should receive it dude.
I'd probably just keep it especially if I didn't know where it came from. What if the address I was sending it back to was just an exchange address? Better in my hands then in limbo...
if I got it for free, then I would not give it back. I think it was a gift for me because of the possibility of wrong delivery address wallet does not seem likely.
A total random mistake like the one I defined above (like having 12rqhr98r98ry98qYR89qr9q or whatever, and sending it to 12rqhr98r98ry98qYR89qr9w because you mistake q for w) is really, really, really unlikely.
But, copy-pasting the wrong address, for example the guy had one of your addresses in the past and he was intending to sell 1 BTC somewhere else but mistakenly copy pastes your address instead
Or you waiting for 0.1 BTC but sender makes a mistake and sends 1.0....
this is more realistic and can statistically happen considering how many transactions happen daily.
In the first case, I would have received a previous transaction and be familiar with the sender so I would return the coins.
In the second case I would also be familiar with the sender and would refund the difference (maybe after subtracting the transaction fee in either case). Now, this could be problematic as the sending address could be from an exchange or a mining pool account and the coins would not actually be received by the sender. I guess it would be prudent to try to contact the person before sending the coins back if possible. Hopefully people would only send coins from wallets under their direct control.
I could never keep something that wasn't intended for me.
Let's say you wake up some day and you get like 1 BTC. For me this is a lot. What do you do? You return back the BTC to the owner, do you keep it? and why.
I don't know what I would do to be honest. I mean who knows if the guy that just sent you this is a criminal or a good man? Very tough decision. For someone like me that has a small BTC wallet and is trying to make as much BTC as possible before its too late due price going too high, it would be hard to return it, but I would feel bad to keep it too.
I don't know what I would do to be honest. I mean who knows if the guy that just sent you this is a criminal or a good man? Very tough decision. For someone like me that has a small BTC wallet and is trying to make as much BTC as possible before its too late due price going too high, it would be hard to return it, but I would feel bad to keep it too.
It would be pretty hard for somebody to inadvertently send you a bitcoin.
I doubt I would notice as all my btc is in cold storage. I also would have no idea how to contact who sent me the btc. I wouldn't want to send it back to the same address because it might be an address for an exchange where the btc would just get lost.
if I got it for free, then I would not give it back. I think it was a gift for me because of the possibility of wrong delivery address wallet does not seem likely.
A total random mistake like the one I defined above (like having 12rqhr98r98ry98qYR89qr9q or whatever, and sending it to 12rqhr98r98ry98qYR89qr9w because you mistake q for w) is really, really, really unlikely.
But, copy-pasting the wrong address, for example the guy had one of your addresses in the past and he was intending to sell 1 BTC somewhere else but mistakenly copy pastes your address instead
Or you waiting for 0.1 BTC but sender makes a mistake and sends 1.0....
this is more realistic and can statistically happen considering how many transactions happen daily.
if I got it for free, then I would not give it back. I think it was a gift for me because of the possibility of wrong delivery address wallet does not seem likely.
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