Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool AntPool stated it could refund 83 BTC, greater than $3 million, an unknown consumer had paid as fuel charges for a transaction, in keeping with a Nov. 30 assertion.
On Nov. 23, CryptoSlate Perception reported that BTC block 818,087, mined by AntPool, had seen charges exceeding 85 Bitcoin. Stories later revealed that one consumer had mistakenly paid 83.6 BTC for a single transaction, setting a brand new document for a transaction price on the blockchain community.
In its replace, AntPool stated its threat management system detected the exorbitant price throughout transaction processing, prompting the pool to freeze it briefly. The pool urged the rightful proprietor of the funds to contact them earlier than Dec. 10 to confirm their identification.
AntPool wrote:
“The chance management system of ANTPOOL briefly froze the price when packaging the transaction. Please contact us earlier than 00:00 (UTC+8) on December 10, 2023 and confirm private identification.”
The mining pool requested that the fund proprietor ought to put together a signing instrument like Electrum or Bitcoin Core that will be used to signal the message “AntPool” by way of the personal key of the BTC tackle that despatched the transaction.
The fund proprietor should additionally ship the signed textual content to the mining pool’s help e-mail tackle.
Final week, a claimant, recognized as 83_5BTC, emerged on the social media platform X (previously Twitter).
83_5BTC asserts possession of the pockets that incurred the substantial transaction price, saying:
“I created a brand new chilly pockets, transferred 139BTC to it and it bought transferred out to a different pockets instantly. I can solely think about that somebody was working a script on that pockets and that the script had a bizarre price calculation.”
Considerations have been raised concerning the declare’s authenticity, because it may contain a compromised pockets. Nonetheless, the claimant signed a message proving the funds belonged to them.
Notable figures throughout the neighborhood, together with Mempool pseudonymous developer Mononaut, have been in a position to confirm this declare independently.
