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Main => General Discussion => Topic started by: bitcoinerS on August 20, 2014, 03:37:56 am
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I may have lost a bunch of BTSX :( :'(
Here is how it happened.
I had a second wallet created to keep funds that were intended to stay offline and created a local unregistered account called:
offline
then I added a contact in my default wallet to this account using BTS address. I wanted to keep funds offline on an account that was unregistered.
>>> wallet_list_accounts
NAME (* delegate) KEY REGISTERED FAVORITE APPROVAL
..
offline BTSX6HiUejJHnU3sLfrQNCFP3PnSSHXzWboFRc9CozCbnPszJzzTpJ NO NO 0
I transferred funds to this account without problems, till today when I tried again and got this error
>>> wallet_transfer 260000 BTSX slavix offline
20025 duplicate_account_name: duplicate account name
Local account name conflicts with registered name. Please rename your local account first.
{"to_account_name":"offline"}
Not quite thinking this through I thought maybe if I change account name transfer will work.
>>> wallet_account_rename offline clouds
OK.
Then I transfered funds
>>> wallet_transfer 260000 BTSX slavix offline
RECEIVED BLOCK FROM TO AMOUNT MEMO FEE ID
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2014-08-20T02:25:23 PENDING slavix offline 260,000.00000 BTSX 0.50000 BTSX f48debdf
but they did not get to my offline account.. instead they went to some one else who apparently registered account offline and now has my BTSX :'( :'( :'(
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since receiver can see "from" address maybe they will be nice and send it back.
Good opportunity to think about how to prevent user from doing this. At the end of the day the problem is that you specified to send to "offline" which is a real account... Only thing is to say "I remember you recently had an account named this, are you sure this is what you are trying to do?"
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since receiver can see "from" address maybe they will be nice and send it back.
Good opportunity to think about how to prevent user from doing this. At the end of the day the problem is that you specified to send to "offline" which is a real account... Only thing is to say "I remember you recently had an account named this, are you sure this is what you are trying to do?"
Lets have the delegates vote for a rollback...
Just kidding..
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Maybe this local accounts are a bad idea in general. I did my share of stupidity with them also (not quite financially damaging for me but still).
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=7051.msg93941#msg93941
What the above post is missing is the continuation of my story (as it is off topic in that thread).
To prevent further damage I 'renamed' the account... Just to find out that the renaming is for local/in wallet use only...
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The gui should have an indication of whether an account is local or public next to the account suggestions when submitting a transaction.
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The gui should have an indication of whether an account is local or public next to the account suggestions when submitting a transaction.
In the 0.4.4 GUI we already have that :)
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Best practice for future reference:
All local/private accounts should be child accounts of a registered account you control. This way you don't have to worry about someone else taking your name.
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Best practice for future reference:
All local/private accounts should be child accounts of a registered account you control. This way you don't have to worry about someone else taking your name.
...and try to break big operations up into smaller ones. Trust, but verify.
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用你的热钱包,可以给你的冷钱包注册名字的。
这样就不会出问题了。
建议增加直接发送地址功能。
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You can send them a small amount, like 0.1 btsx and put a message in it.
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You can send them a small amount, like 0.1 btsx and put a message in it.
I did. Sent him/her a transaction/message asking for btsx back...
I feel so dumb and disgusted right now.. >:( :'( :-\
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You can send them a small amount, like 0.1 btsx and put a message in it.
I did. Sent him/her a transaction/message asking for btsx back...
I feel so dumb and disgusted right now.. >:( :'( :-\
I have post in Chinese board.
wish you can get them back.
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You can send them a small amount, like 0.1 btsx and put a message in it.
I did. Sent him/her a transaction/message asking for btsx back...
I feel so dumb and disgusted right now.. >:( :'( :-\
I have post in Chinese board.
wish you can get them back.
Thanks. I have very little hope..
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It might just take a while. The name of the account implies it's not one they look at a lot.
Also create a new thread on the forum like: BTSX Account "offline" please read this.
Or something to get their attention if they check the forums.