I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction
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Re: I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction
#2Poor guy accidentally sent his funds to the wrong address, losing his life's savings. More info here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/kdwg1b/i_lost_all...
And here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ke2hxz/aavegotchi...
And here: https://twitter.com/mudgen/status/1338967176968069127
Re: I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction
#3Poor guy accidentally sent his funds to the wrong address, losing his life's savings. More info here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/kdwg1b/i_lost_all... And here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ke2hxz/aavegotchi... And here: https://twitter.com/mudgen/status/1338967176968069127
While I accept it's a tradeoff where other people might take another view, this is type of thing is why I personally don't want to put money into blockchains.
I want mistakes to be fixable, by going to court if necessary, rather than money just being lost forever because I mistyped a character and "computer says no".
Re: I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction
#4Bitcoin breaks $20k - HN keeps all posts off the front page, then promotes this one to the top. HN crypto hate never surprises me
Re: I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction
#5This is a sad story and a good example of why the much-ballyhooed immutability of cryptocurrency transactions is an anti-feature for the vast majority of users.
Re: I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction
#6Bitcoin breaks $20k - HN keeps all posts off the front page, then promotes this one to the top. HN crypto hate never surprises me
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Re: I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction
#7The most downvoted comment in the Github issue seems totally right.. why did this guy put his life savings in a crypto? Even without making any mistake this seems like a dumb move.
Re: I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction
#8Bitcoin breaks $20k - HN keeps all posts off the front page, then promotes this one to the top. HN crypto hate never surprises me
Why would interest in irrational exuberance for a commodity with no intrinsic value supersede posts about serious failings of the technology?
Pretty hard to wax on about how crypto is the future of retail finance in a thread about someone who lost their life savings with no recourse due to a typo. Could’ve just gone to the bank if this was fiat.
Re: I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction
#9This is a sad story and a good example of why the much-ballyhooed immutability of cryptocurrency transactions is an anti-feature for the vast majority of users.
If you did this with a bank you’d be up shit creek as well.
Re: I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction
#10Aavegotchi setup a donation fund to help out the guy: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ke2hxz/aavegotchi...