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Basic Questions about Cryptos / Re: Is it possible to somehow recover a wrong transaction with cryptocurrencies?
« on: February 06, 2024, 10:52:32 AM »That's right, Bitcoin wallets have a built-in checksum that serves to verify the validity of addresses. This is important to ensure the security and reliability of the Bitcoin network. However, if you mistakenly send Bitcoins to the wrong address, you will not be able to cancel or recover them. However, if you mistakenly send Bitcoins to the wrong address, you will not be able to cancel or recover them.If I happen to get the wallet address wrong, is there a way to recover the transaction?
Bitcoin wallet has an inbuilt checksum that verifies if an address is valid or not, if the address is invalid or non existent, the transaction will no go through, in other words it'll not leave the wallet. However, if you mistakenly send Bitcoin to a wrong address, you won't be able cancel or recover it back because transactions are irreversible. It is pertinent that you always cross-check the address on the sending tap with the one you copied to avoid this kind of mistake.