How do I recover Bitcoin sent to the wrong address?

[Alexandoy]

Thank you for posting this topic because I am just about to enter the world of Bitcoin in creating my own wallet. Now I know that like Paypal it is important to be accurate with the name or address of the receiver otherwise the money may be sent to the wrong hands. If your story happened in real life then the sender would just feel sorry that he lost the Bitcoin that he had wrongly sent. That is a lesson for all of us.

 

[Rimsha kanwal]

As cryptocurrency transactions are irreversible, they can neither be canceled nor reversed once initiated. In case you end up sending the funds to the wrong person, you may have to contact them and request a refund. If you don’t know whom the address belongs to, you can’t do anything else to retrieve the funds.

 

[Osaz96]

As sad as this may sound, it is totally impossible to get back bitcoin which you sent to a wrong address except if you know the person you sent it to buy asides that, your coins are advance good as gone. That’s what it is always advisable to check again and again to make sure the wallet address is correct before sending coins.

 

[Denuola]

It's 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 OP RETURN opcode.

 

[Josemendez]

In blockchain, transactions that have been sent and confirmed can't be reversed . This is one of the security measures observed in blockchain.
When a coin is sent to another address , for example sending Bitcoin to ethereum address . The coin is lost forever .

 

[Bilal0087]

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.

The biggest disadvantage of cryptocurrency is, its one way transection system, i means there is no recovery system to take back your currency. If you have sent at wrong adress, then its impossible to get it back. I'm feeling very sad for you .

 

[Ehsan Ullah]

According to my experience,it is impossible. Because bitcoin can't be recover as they are sent by wish or by fault.
Bitcoins can only be recover if and only if the receive will sent them back to you. It is totally up to you that how can you deal with that person.

 

[WhiteHouse]

No.

Each Bitcoin exchange is conclusive. Bitcoin it like money for the web. So on the off chance that you give me a 1$ bill, the best way to turn around the exchange is to either ask me pleasantly to give it back to you, or endeavor to actually take it back from me.

There are no center man to bid your exchange.

 

[Aniwhyte]

Please remove your hope from that bitcoin as there is absolutely no way you would be able to recover your bitcoin as it is completely gone, a bit coin sent to a wrong address is un recoverable. This is exactly why they normally leave a warning on their website that if a coin wallet address is wrong you won't be able to recover what you sent as it is completely gone.

 

[Kehinde]

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.

 

[Milz]

I read an article about this today and it emphasized on what you said about transactions being irreversible. It's even harder to track whoever owns the wallet address you made the transfer to. Hopefully, this get sorted soon.

 

[Modupe]

A bitcoin sent into a wrong address is like a treasure that is thrown into the ocean. It can't be retrieve as the lucky person who receives the giveaway will not know who sent the bitcoin to him/her, but the system can only be the helper on retrieving the lost fund. But some wallet does not allow a transaction to be canceled.

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A bitcoin sent into a wrong address is like a treasure that is thrown into the ocean. It can't be retrieve as the lucky person who receives the giveaway will not know who sent the bitcoin to him/her, but the system can only be the helper on retrieving the lost fund. But some wallet does not allow a transaction to be canceled.

 

[GIFTMICHAEL]

Bitcoin does not have charge back option, that is why they have to work on it like the way it is in PayPal account.
I don't think that you can recover the money sent to the wrong address.
You have to be careful next time..

 

[eenya00]

This is a futuristic question, I understand the writer is looking for an answer but this is the future of cryptocurrency if it is to last for long and if more people will embrace it as a medium of making transaction. there should be a way where you could get back money sent to a wrong wallet, if not it will discourage so many people from accepting cryptocurrency

 

[Tinaconcept]

My dear forget it you can't recover such bitcoin. Sending bitcoin to a wrong address is something very delicate and there is no way to handle this because Bitcoin address do not carry names for verification so neither the sender nor the receiver knows. So be very careful with bitcoin address

 

[Noor khan]

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.

I think 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.Sometimes you may accidentally send your cryptocurrency to the wrong wallet address. As cryptocurrency transactions are irreversible, they can neither be canceled nor reversed once initiated. In case you end up sending the funds to the wrong person, you may have to contact them and request a refund

 

[ahmedo24]

The easiest way is to be extra careful when copying bitcoin address to ensure you copy the right address. No software or Discovery yet on how to recover or stop already initiated bitcoin transaction

 

[Ralphjoe]

There are currently no ways that someone can recover Bitcoin sent to the wrong address, but there is actually nothing like a wrong address on Bitcoin, there is an invalid address of which the Bitcoin won't go and the right address so I have not heard of someone sending Bitcoin to a wrong address before.

 

[LaylaG]

Sorry about that ,bitcoin is a digital currency and there is no definite application that is tracking down the transaction in this cryptocurrency so there's no possibility of you getting the bitcoins you have sent to the wrong Wallet, sorry about that just move on and forget about it

 

[Usman Sattar]

After 30 days, any cryptocurrency sent via email that has not been claimed by the recipient will be returned to the sender. If 30 days has passed and you have not received a refund, please contact us.

Please note, funds are claimed if the account they were sent to was activated. If you sent funds to your own email address by accident, please wait the 30 days and these funds will be returned automatically.