he's hoping that maybe he find the pool that has minded the block and they will refund him.
btw I'm sorry for him
Exactly, like the other time (with the 2 btc fee).
Discus fish mined it....
oh. you were asking for updates. misunderstood that.

well there's this
reddit post but that's it. no refund and no owner requesting it (in public, at least.).
I wasn't even around at that time. can't find discussion about it with the owner posting in it and requesting a refund, but the address the fee was returned to wasn't a part of that tx so I think they did request it.
interesting thing is that people also suggested that it was a money laundering.