{"id":11236,"date":"2024-03-01T17:49:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ordinals-trader-returns-13000-mistakenly-paid-by-buyer\/"},"modified":"2024-03-01T17:49:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:49:16","slug":"ordinals-trader-returns-13000-mistakenly-paid-by-buyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ordinals-trader-returns-13000-mistakenly-paid-by-buyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ordinals Trader Returns $13,000 Mistakenly Paid by Buyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A buyer of a Bitcoin &#8220;inscription&#8221; on the Ordinals protocol received back approximately $13,000, which was mistakenly paid for an NFT.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey, this was my listing. I made you an offer on it for 0.21 BTC, so you can accept that and be well again.<\/p>\n<p>I listed it at 0.21 BTC because it&#8217;s dank not to fish for a fat finger. I was like &#8220;huzzah&#8221; tho until I saw your post. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yczB6TOAAz\">https:\/\/t.co\/yczB6TOAAz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Anderson (@droplister) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/droplister\/status\/1763389385402159547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The trader shared the story on social network X. He described it as the &#8220;biggest fail&#8221; since he started participating in Ordinals.<\/p>\n<p>Believing he was purchasing an asset for 0.021 BTC (~$1300), he confirmed a transaction for 0.21 BTC. He noted that this was the &#8220;last money in his wallet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Hey, this was my listing. I made you an offer for 0.21 BTC, which you can accept. Because it&#8217;s not cool to take advantage of a typo. I was actually thrilled until I saw your post,&#8221; wrote the seller named Dan Anderson.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The unfortunate buyer <a href=\"https:\/\/magiceden.io\/ordinals\/item-details\/84b686ae26ad5f38ab9555e77b8333d79d185eb8cd1161b33d4dc56649642253i0\">confirmed the transaction<\/a> and received his money back minus a 2% fee.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a comment suggesting Anderson is &#8220;not in it for the money,&#8221; the trader replied directly:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Actually, I am. But not at any cost.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The majority of users applauded his decision to return the funds to the buyer who made the mistake.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Class act <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cUND41JeJ6\">pic.twitter.com\/cUND41JeJ6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 arno (@arnocordo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arnocordo\/status\/1763407039878099089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Among them was a well-known Ordinals supporter, Udi Wertheimer, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/udiWertheimer\/status\/1763410217058902449\">commented<\/a> on Anderson&#8217;s action in internet slang: &#8220;legend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the blockchain industry, it is not always possible to recover <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/otcpro-user-disappears-with-650000-after-error\">funds sent in error<\/a> due to the irreversible nature of transactions.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com accidentally transferred $10.5 million to a woman in Melbourne instead of a $100 refund. The error was discovered more than seven months later. However, before attempts to reclaim the funds, the recipient and her sister purchased a luxury mansion with a gym and cinema. A judge ordered the sale of the property to return the money to the company.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Crypto.com mistakenly transferred 320,000 ETH (~$396 million at the time) to the address of the Gate.io exchange. The assets were successfully recovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A buyer of a Bitcoin &#8220;inscription&#8221; on the Ordinals protocol received back approximately $13,000, which was mistakenly paid for an NFT. Hey, this was my listing. I made you an offer on it for 0.21 BTC, so you can accept that and be well again. I listed it at 0.21 BTC because it&#8217;s dank not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1227,1213,1176],"class_list":["post-11236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-transactions","tag-nft","tag-ordinals"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}