How do I recover Bitcoin sent to the wrong address?

[EMMANUEL]

Absolutely impossible, when bitcoin its sent to a wrong wallet or address there is no remedy for the lost sheep other than to face the consequences and accept the mistake as a part of the lesson to be learned while copying, address to be very careful on pasting because it might be an omission of one alphabet or number that could cause or result to the issue.
Hopefully, in the future, I believe there will be an app that will confirm the detail of payment just like when you want to send money to your bank account, the app will firstly confirm the wallet address owner before sending and making the last option of confirming to send to the particular recipient or receiver.

 

[Blessedsam60]

To be honest with you, your bitcoin is already lost since transaction on block chain is irreversible one.
So you have to get the wallet address information right to avoid the coin being lost after the wrong transit

 

[Tinaconcept]

Before sending bitcoin to an address make sure you check the address very well or confirm from the receiver if the address is correct if not after making payment to a wrong address there is no way you can get a reversal or refund and worst is you don't know whom you sent the coin to.

 

[Heatman]

The truth is, it will be quite difficult to recover bitcoin sent to a wrong address. Except if you know who the owner of the address is, then you could talk and plead for him to transfer the bitcoin back. Otherwise, the receiver of the transaction is very likely not to resend the bitcoin back to you. However, if he is God fearing he could transfer it back to you when without asking.

I think in most cases, there may be no way to knowing who is the owner of the bitcoin wallet address because with just mistake in the alphabets in the wallet identification, you are already sending to another wallet owner and there is no way you could ever know who that is.

 

[ansahweh]

I this is a serious issue here cos i don’t think there is any fisible way the money can be retrieved. So guys let’s watch very well to make sure we are sure of the address we’re sending our coins to cos this have caused a lot of problems in the past.

 

[Heatman]

I this is a serious issue here cos i don’t think there is any fisible way the money can be retrieved. So guys let’s watch very well to make sure we are sure of the address we’re sending our coins to cos this have caused a lot of problems in the past.

I can remember my first time using my bitcoin cryptocurrency wallet to receive my cryptocurrency, I had to double check five times in order to make sure that I didn't make any mistakes with the wallet because it's going to be real pains for me should it be wrong.

 

[Yewande]

I don't think Bitcoin being lost can be recovered. I once lost my Bitcoin on trust wallet. I uninstalled my trust wallet and when I installed it back, I could not find my Bitcoin anymore. Tried everything possible not nothing happened

 

[Abelcairo43]

There is little or nothing you can do about it, the money can't be reversed back and there is no way you can contact the person who received so just move on.

 

[ronaldlorenzo01]

Unfortunately it is not possible to reverse a transaction based on the design of Bitcoin. You may be able to contact the receiver of your bitcoin by googling the address (some mining pool addresses are publicly known), but also by sending a message to the address through the use of the OP_RETURN opcode.

 

[Psalmsavatar]

Retrieving a Bitcoin sent to a wrong address is like searching for a pin in the sea. It's very advisable that senders be cock sure of the recipient address before sending a Bitcoin.

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Practically, bitcoin transactions are irreversible and that is why is a sender is advised to always scrutinize the address; the Bitcoin address he is trying to send it to, because once it is sent to

 

[Zamaney]

Unfortunately it is not possible to reverse a transaction based on the design of Bitcoin. You may be able to contact the receiver of your bitcoin by googling the address (some mining pool addresses are publicly known), but also by sending a message to the address through the use of the OP_RETURN opcode

 

[LaylaG]

Lolz, in digital transaction like transferring of bitcoins and other cryptocurrency I think the system is made in a way that the history of transaction cannot be tracked down even by the internet itself because it is a digital transaction and there is no way you can definitely recovered a loss bitcoins transaction.

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Lolz, in digital transaction like transferring of bitcoins and other cryptocurrency I think the system is made in a way that the history of transaction cannot be tracked down even by the internet itself because it is a digital transaction and there is no way you can definitely recovered a loss bitcoins transaction.

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Lolz, in digital transaction like transferring of bitcoins and other cryptocurrency I think the system is made in a way that the history of transaction cannot be tracked down even by the internet itself because it is a digital transaction and there is no way you can definitely recovered a loss bitcoins transaction.

 

[Nicklas22]

Unfortunately it is not possible to reverse a transaction based on the design of Bitcoin.

You may be able to contact the receiver of your bitcoin by googling the address (some mining pool addresses are publicly known), but also by sending a message to the address through the use of the OP_RETURN opcode. This will allow you to embed a message in the blockchain via including it in a transaction to the address you mistakenly sent your Bitcoin to. It is possible the owner of private key that corresponds to that address (if there is one) will notice your message and decide to return your funds.

 

[Heatman]

I don't think Bitcoin being lost can be recovered. I once lost my Bitcoin on trust wallet. I uninstalled my trust wallet and when I installed it back, I could not find my Bitcoin anymore. Tried everything possible not nothing happened

Yes, you are absolutely right. It's impossible to get such transactions to be changed. Once it's done it's done and there is no going back. It's not like bank transfers where you can even call your bank to help you out.

 

[redpogi16]

Unfortunately sending bitcoin or other crypto currency in wrong address are not ireversible or can be rufunded. Because once a crypto currency entered to the blockchain in cannot be reversed. So the answer in your question is a big NO. Sorry for your lost brother.

 

[Nabeel119]

A Bitcoin transaction cannot be reversed, it can only be refunded by the person receiving the funds. This means you should take care to do business with people and organizations you know and trust, or who have an established reputation.

 

[Saba54]

As digital money exchanges are irreversible, they can nor be dropped nor turned around once started. On the off chance that you wind up sending the assets to some unacceptable individual, you may need to get in touch with them and solicitation a discount. On the off chance that you don't know whom the location has a place with, you can't do whatever else to recover the funds. If you sent the BTC to a legitimate however unowned location, the BTC would go there and be lost. ... In the event that you attempted to send bitcoins to an invalid location, your exchange won't be substantial and won't be handled by the organization. Subsequently no bitcoin will have moved. All language structure legitimate Bitcoin tends to exist as of now.

Do you think there's a way to recover funds(Bitcoin), please do let me know.

No i dont think so that we can recover the money that we send on wrong adresses mistakenly . Because there is no option of recovery of money on these digital currency forums and we must take repsonsibility and we must pre check adressess before sending or recieving payments. So this id my opinion.

 

[Naz Noshin]

As digital money exchanges are irreversible, they can nor be dropped nor turned around once started. On the off chance that you wind up sending the assets to some unacceptable individual, you may need to get in touch with them and solicitation a discount. On the off chance that you don't know whom the location has a place with, you can't do whatever else to recover the funds. If you sent the BTC to a legitimate however unowned location, the BTC would go there and be lost. ... In the event that you attempted to send bitcoins to an invalid location, your exchange won't be substantial and won't be handled by the organization. Subsequently no bitcoin will have moved. All language structure legitimate Bitcoin tends to exist as of now.

Do you think there's a way to recover funds(Bitcoin), please do let me know.

No, there is no way to get back those bitcoins. Even the platform support from where you send Bitcoins, can't help you. May be in future,there will be a way to recover such type of mistake but this time,there is no way.
So always recheck the address and don't send in hurry.

 

[Patrik]

there is no way to recover money sent by mistake or sent to the wrong direction, the only way to have it back is by finding out to who you sent the money to, so contacting him and explaining him that could help (if you ever know who)

 

[Azhar119]

it is not possible to return back your cryptocurrency. you can request him to return back your money. it is very careful step to send your money in your wallet. one wrong or a little mistake make your transaction empty and your effort losses and your reward wasted.