Re: Bitcoin 'successfully' transferred to an invalid bitcoin address
I was trying to pay a Bitpay.com invoice and opened the invoice in Electrum-BTC desktop wallet. I don't know how, but somehow that transaction got sent to and invalid address bc1qcygs9dl4pqw6atc4yqudrzd76p3r9cp6xp2kny
The transaction should be returned if the address is not even a valid bitcoin address (it has non-supported characters right?) but it appears that the transaction is already confirmed
Transaction id 1cdc45c6f92430d021f387af6564353cb90281da4ee8e1e9721387ad05874c45
Please help me out there
P.S
The wallet prompted me to install an update before sending the transaction and I'm pretty sure it was official electrum-btc website.
The transaction should be returned if the address is not even a valid bitcoin address (it has non-supported characters right?) but it appears that the transaction is already confirmed
Transaction id 1cdc45c6f92430d021f387af6564353cb90281da4ee8e1e9721387ad05874c45
Please help me out there
P.S
The wallet prompted me to install an update before sending the transaction and I'm pretty sure it was official electrum-btc website.
Addresses started with bc1 are segwit address, They are of bech32 type.
Thus they are valid address
Here it is on blockchain explorer
https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/address/bc1qcygs9dl4pqw6atc4yqudrzd76p3r9cp6xp2kny
and Tx here
https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/1cdc45c6f92430d021f387af6564353cb90281da4ee8e1e9721387ad05874c45
It can not be reversed.
Electrum does create bech32 address. You should investigate more or provide more details what you were trying to do !
Thanks
PS: Just checked your screenshot , Thats a scam phishing site electrumproject . org!!