have check the details and contact the user.
The BTC where send to MtGox. So the high fee is on MtGox side and they made the fault
Topic: Someone just paid 94.35425882 BTC in transaction fee (Read 6768 times)
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have check the details and contact the user.
The BTC where send to MtGox. So the high fee is on MtGox side and they made the fault
have check the details and contact the user.
The BTC where send to MtGox. So the high fee is on MtGox side and they made the fault
I started it with my comment, so an explanation is due: I don't think I'm touchy because of scams, but because I feel people - even nice people - often manage to convince themselves how world is full of selfish assholes who would never return lost or stolen property to the original owner. This assumption makes even nice folks act not-so-nicely, in defense from an erroneous image of reality.
Things are better than that, but will keep getting worse if we assume the worst. I am sure the majority of people reading this would return the money sent to them by mistake like this.
There's a saying that an optimist is a happy idiot, and a pessimist a sad idiot...Things are better than that, but will keep getting worse if we assume the worst. I am sure the majority of people reading this would return the money sent to them by mistake like this.
Most people are by default evil and won't do something good without some ulterior motive. On the other hand, most people have motives: staying out of jail, better reputation, etc.
The approach I usually try to use is to assume the best of people, but expect the worst.
That being said, this forum is particularly full of trolls. While I can't speculate on readers, realistically I think the majority of people who might reply to this post would not return the fee.
Remember: Always assume the best... but expect the worst!
I started it with my comment, so an explanation is due: I don't think I'm touchy because of scams, but because I feel people - even nice people - often manage to convince themselves how world is full of selfish assholes who would never return lost or stolen property to the original owner. This assumption makes even nice folks act not-so-nicely, in defense from an erroneous image of reality.
Things are better than that, but will keep getting worse if we assume the worst. I am sure the majority of people reading this would return the money sent to them by mistake like this.
There's a saying that an optimist is a happy idiot, and a pessimist a sad idiot...Things are better than that, but will keep getting worse if we assume the worst. I am sure the majority of people reading this would return the money sent to them by mistake like this.
Most people are by default evil and won't do something good without some ulterior motive. On the other hand, most people have motives: staying out of jail, better reputation, etc.
The approach I usually try to use is to assume the best of people, but expect the worst.
That being said, this forum is particularly full of trolls. While I can't speculate on readers, realistically I think the majority of people who might reply to this post would not return the fee.
I started it with my comment, so an explanation is due: I don't think I'm touchy because of scams, but because I feel people - even nice people - often manage to convince themselves how world is full of selfish assholes who would never return lost or stolen property to the original owner. This assumption makes even nice folks act not-so-nicely, in defense from an erroneous image of reality.
Things are better than that, but will keep getting worse if we assume the worst. I am sure the majority of people reading this would return the money sent to them by mistake like this.
There's a saying that an optimist is a happy idiot, and a pessimist a sad idiot...Things are better than that, but will keep getting worse if we assume the worst. I am sure the majority of people reading this would return the money sent to them by mistake like this.
Most people are by default evil and won't do something good without some ulterior motive. On the other hand, most people have motives: staying out of jail, better reputation, etc.
The approach I usually try to use is to assume the best of people, but expect the worst.
That being said, this forum is particularly full of trolls. While I can't speculate on readers, realistically I think the majority of people who might reply to this post would not return the fee.
If you are curious as to what percent of users here claim they would have returned the coins:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/would-you-return-found-money-to-the-proven-original-owner-who-lost-it-151072
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/would-you-return-found-money-to-the-proven-original-owner-who-lost-it-151072
What confuses me is how people can presumably-accidentally waste this much money, and apparently never even notice so they can try to recover it.
This is purely speculation but if someone with a high rep on this forum had a brainfart like I did doing a raw tx then it is possible that they might forgo the chance to recover it in order not to be identified as having made such a mistake in the first place (it did cross my mind for at least a second or two before I made my mistake public).
Eleuthria has been an upstanding and respectable member of the bitcoin community for as long as I can remember, and I am touched he gave back the transaction fees he received by mistake in that block that was mined.
OK, don't let us speculate. What did you mean by:
Ahahaha you so funny 
I understand people are very touchy with respect to transactions on this forum given the number of scams constantly going on, but lumping me with them given my history with bitcoin and free software when I'm not running any business venture and have only ever delivered code in response to donations is a bit harsh.
On the other hand, the mere presence of this forum thread may well change the pool's response to this transaction error.
Things are better than that, but will keep getting worse if we assume the worst. I am sure the majority of people reading this would return the money sent to them by mistake like this.
Eleuthria has been an upstanding and respectable member of the bitcoin community for as long as I can remember, and I am touched he gave back the transaction fees he received by mistake in that block that was mined.
OK, don't let us speculate. What did you mean by:
Ahahaha you so funny
I understand people are very touchy with respect to transactions on this forum given the number of scams constantly going on, but lumping me with them given my history with bitcoin and free software when I'm not running any business venture and have only ever delivered code in response to donations is a bit harsh.
On the other hand, the mere presence of this forum thread may well change the pool's response to this transaction error.
Thank you!
Eleuthria has been an upstanding and respectable member of the bitcoin community for as long as I can remember, and I am touched he gave back the transaction fees he received by mistake in that block that was mined.
OK, don't let us speculate. What did you mean by:
Ahahaha you so funny
I understand people are very touchy with respect to transactions on this forum given the number of scams constantly going on, but lumping me with them given my history with bitcoin and free software when I'm not running any business venture and have only ever delivered code in response to donations is a bit harsh.
On the other hand, the mere presence of this forum thread may well change the pool's response to this transaction error.
What confuses me is how people can presumably-accidentally waste this much money, and apparently never even notice so they can try to recover it.
Earlier this year, I mistakenly paid 90+ coins in transaction fee when playing with createrawtransaction. Fortunately that time I was playing with terracoind. The owner of the 90+ bitcoins might be a victim of createrawtransaction, too.
I suspect those raw transactions will be a trap for many many more
Earlier this year, I mistakenly paid 90+ coins in transaction fee when playing with createrawtransaction. Fortunately that time I was playing with terracoind. The owner of the 90+ bitcoins might be a victim of createrawtransaction, too.
wizkid, are you going to distribute this large fee once you get the code working, or attempt to return it to the owner, or keep it as part of the pool's funding?
Eleuthria has been an upstanding and respectable member of the bitcoin community for as long as I can remember, and I am touched he gave back the transaction fees he received by mistake in that block that was mined.
OK, don't let us speculate. What did you mean by:Ahahaha you so funny
How can I be looking for things which aren't there if I'm asking him to explain us what he meant?
Eleuthria has been an upstanding and respectable member of the bitcoin community for as long as I can remember, and I am touched he gave back the transaction fees he received by mistake in that block that was mined.
OK, don't let us speculate. What did you mean by:Ahahaha you so funny
Eleuthria has been an upstanding and respectable member of the bitcoin community for as long as I can remember, and I am touched he gave back the transaction fees he received by mistake in that block that was mined.
OK, don't let us speculate. What did you mean by:
Ahahaha you so funny
Eleuthria has been an upstanding and respectable member of the bitcoin community for as long as I can remember, and I am touched he gave back the transaction fees he received by mistake in that block that was mined.
I read that as ckolivas believing that eleuthria's hope of an attempt to return the mistake as being laughably unlikely, without any specific statement of whether he would keep or return himself...
2nd this. Quit making wild assumptions.
Wild assumptions just like the one Marrs and you made or the one I made?
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black...
Not taking sides here. Just noting that once eleuthria got a similarly insane transaction fee and he did in fact refund the fee to the sender.
If you want to read animosity into what was said it wouldn't be hard though given the CGMiner/BFGMiner split.
I read that as ckolivas believing that eleuthria's hope of an attempt to return the mistake as being laughably unlikely, without any specific statement of whether he would keep or return himself...
2nd this. Quit making wild assumptions.
Wild assumptions just like the one Marrs and you made or the one I made?
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black...
I read that as ckolivas believing that eleuthria's hope of an attempt to return the mistake as being laughably unlikely, without any specific statement of whether he would keep or return himself...
2nd this. Quit making wild assumptions.
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