– The Bitcoin miner who received 19.8 BTC in fees has returned the funds to Paxos.
– On Sept. 10, a BTC transaction paid around $500,000 in fees to move around $2,000.
– Speculations arose that the transaction was a mistake, possibly due to copy-pasting errors.
– Paxos confirmed that it was their server that made the transfer and assured users that their funds were safe.
– The Bitcoin miner expressed frustrations but ultimately agreed to refund the amount to Paxos.
– Blockchain data from Mempool confirmed that the funds were returned on Sept. 15.
– Similar fee mistakes have happened before, with one Ethereum user losing almost $400,000 in Ether in 2019.
