Quote from: Charles-Tim on August 30, 2025, 11:48:19 AM

In short, he sent the coin to another wallet. On the message you sent your address to him, is it your bitcoin address that is there? If it is your bitcoin address that you sent to him seen in the message, that means it was not your fault but your friend's fault. He has to send another coin to you because he sent it to the wrong address. Maybe your friend copied a wrong address or his device has clipboard malware.

Yes, he actually received the correct btc address, which he copied he says.....

Quote from: Hazink on August 30, 2025, 11:58:04 AM

Your friend was not hacked, but his gadgets have been infected by a clipboard virus. From the txid you provided, I searched for the address, and I came across 19p4Va5RjrrXeLpSPCcKLPALQxgSoP6i8g, which was where your expected payment was sent to, and if I’m correct, then that address has been reported to be associated with phishing scams, clipboard virus scams, and all manner of fraud online. You sent the right address to your friend, but upon copying and pasting it, the wallet changed to the scammer's address, which he was not vigilant enough to notice.

https://www.bitcoinwhoswho.com/address/19p4Va5RjrrXeLpSPCcKLPALQxgSoP6i8g

o.k thank you, so he was essentially scammed. I just sent him a message to no longer touch that wallet, and to import his seed onto a new wallet on a separate device.