{"id":75094,"date":"2023-09-15T10:23:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T10:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kryptodata.se\/paxos-receives-over-500k-refund-from-miner-due-to-btc-transaction-fee-overpayment\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:23:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T10:23:41","slug":"paxos-receives-over-500k-refund-from-miner-due-to-btc-transaction-fee-overpayment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kryptodata.se\/paxos-receives-over-500k-refund-from-miner-due-to-btc-transaction-fee-overpayment\/","title":{"rendered":"Paxos receives over $500k refund from miner due to BTC transaction fee overpayment"},"content":{"rendered":"
– The Bitcoin miner who received 19.8 BTC in fees has returned the funds to blockchain infrastructure firm Paxos.<\/p>\n
– Paxos claimed that they made a mistake by paying over $500,000 in BTC transfer fees.<\/p>\n
– The transaction on Sept. 10 raised speculations, with some believing it was a copy-pasting error.<\/p>\n
– Paxos confirmed that it was their server that made the transfer and assured users that their funds were safe.<\/p>\n
– The Bitcoin miner expressed frustrations but ultimately agreed to refund the amount to Paxos.<\/p>\n
– Bitcoin explorer Mempool confirmed that the funds were returned on Sept. 15.<\/p>\n
– Similar fee mistakes have happened before, with an Ethereum user losing almost $400,000 in Ether in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Bitcoin explorer Mempool shared blockchain data that confirmed the funds were sent back on Sept. 15. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_oct_exclude_from_cache":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[47,46],"class_list":["post-75094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin","tag-ethereum"],"yoast_head":"\n