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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Ouch, today someone made a transaction with over $500k fee.
by
pawel7777
on 18/09/2023, 21:40:44 UTC
F2Pool owner is now asking the community what they should do with the funds: https://nitter.cz/satofishi/status/1702095123981738437#m
They should've asked before declaring they would refund it. And looks like he was just having a laugh with that poll. Despite the majority voting against it, apparently they did the right thing and returned that fee anyway:


what if the miner denied to pay the refund? like if we lost our money then we can complaint to police, is there any authority in this type of case?
You can't contact the police because the miner did not steal anything. They simply mined your transaction, the fee of which you chose. If you chose the wrong fee, then that's your fault.
That's actually quite interesting from the legal point of view. As much as it's not something that would be reportable to police, depending on the jurisdiction, you could still take the miner to the civil court with a chance of winning.