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User Is Accidentally Charged $2.6 Million Transaction Fee
Summary: Earlier on Wednesday, June 10 a user paid 10,668 Ethers in gas to move $134 worth of Ether from one wallet to another, as reported by Cointelegraph. Bithumb confirmed today that the recipient address is a client of theirs. The transactional 0.55 Ether was moved into the exchange's cold wallet. Sparkpool — the miner that worked ...
Earlier on Wednesday, June 10 a user paid 10,668 Ethers in gas to move $134 worth of Ether from one wallet to another, as reported by Cointelegraph.
Bithumb confirmed today that the recipient address is a client of theirs. The transactional 0.55 Ether was moved into the exchange's cold wallet.
Sparkpool — the miner that worked on the transaction's block — has frozen until further notice.
While many assume the overcharge is a simple mistake, one spokesperson for Coinfirm said this could be part of a plan to launder money.
By Emily Mason
Tags: Bithumb,ETH,Ether
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