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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by noduerme on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:23AM (#30136533)
On BTC, you could send things to the wrong address, yes. But you can't send the wrong type of currency or send it to a nonexistent address. In this case it seems like the contract has created the black hole (not the Ethereum blockchain itself), but that's even more absurd since someone ultimately should have control over everything that was put into the contract, regardless of the source.
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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by axiosgunnar on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:38AM (#30137059)
> But you can't send the wrong type of currency or send it to a nonexistent address

Of course you can do both things, which is why catastrophic financial ruin is a daily fear when dealing with cryptocurrencies.

https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-find-my-Bitcoin-cash-that-I-...

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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by tim333 on Sunday January 30, 2022 @11:29AM (#30138528)
That's impressive, the number of scammers on that thread.
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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by EdwardDiego on Sunday January 30, 2022 @11:09AM (#30138363)
Oh wow, the "answers" on that question are cancer.
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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by liminvorous on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:39AM (#30137071)
Sending currency to non-existant addresses is how people encode arbitary data on the bitcoin blockchain, so definitely possible.

Giving a person control over the funds allocated to their smart contract probably opens holes where they can steal the smart contract's money, though obviously creating software that handles money and can't be updated is its own kettle of fish.

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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by emteycz on Sunday January 30, 2022 @11:08AM (#30138349)
The thing is, the address exists - only (probably) nobody has its private key.
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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:24PM (#30143341)
Why would one need to send to non-existent address? Any transaction can include data, one can donate for example.
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