{"id":472672,"date":"2021-09-29T12:17:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T12:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=472672"},"modified":"2021-09-29T12:17:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T12:17:57","slug":"miner-refunds-the-giant-sum-of-7626-ethereum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/ethereum\/miner-refunds-the-giant-sum-of-7626-ethereum\/","title":{"rendered":"Miner Refunds The Giant Sum Of 7,626 Ethereum Mistakenly Sent By Bitfinex"},"content":{"rendered":"

With all the exploits and hacks in the crypto industry, it is shocking that some players have remained sincere.<\/p>\n

Many exchanges have already lost considerable sums to criminals, and while some get refunded, others don’t. For example, in the case of Bitfinex, a user nearly lost 7,676 ETH in a wrong payment transaction.<\/p>\n

The decentralized exchange mistakenly sent a $23 million payment in gas to the miner when it was supposed to be $100,000 in Tether.<\/p>\n

When the DeversiFi team discovered what had happened, they quickly assured users that their funds were safe. According to them, it was an erroneous transaction and nothing else.<\/p>\n

Luckily, the company owned up to the mistake and agreed to bear the brunt of the loss if nothing else could be done to recover the money. However, the miner is one of the sincere ones. Therefore, block \u00a013307440<\/a> owner agreed to return 7626 of the ETH, which the hardware address sent as payment.<\/p>\n

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The blockchain is immutable. <\/p>\n
But the revolution we are part of is defined by our values as humans.\u2070\u2070<\/p>\n
Thank you to the miner of block 13307440 who we can confirm is returning 7626 ETH that were incorrectly paid today as a tx fee.<\/p>\n
A post mortem will follow tomorrow. https:\/\/t.co\/FqkEZ9DK8P<\/a><\/p>\n
— rhino.fi (@rhinofi) September 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n