<p>There is no way to find/contact that person.</p>

<p>You are acting pseudonymously in the bitcoin network. You don't know who owns the adress if the owner doesn't tell you that he/she is the owner.</p>

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2018-01-12T15:24:30.597Z
So these btc are just sitting, unspent, in a random node or hash on the blockchain, and there is no way for me to access or request access to them... how can I tell if there is just traffic delaying the transfer of my btc into my exchange?
Jordan
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2018-01-12T15:29:33.497Z
sorry, I don't understand you second question "how can I tell ...."
hardfork
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2018-01-12T15:29:53.310Z
I guess I just want to know what happens to that btc? btc.com shows that it was transacted and unspent. It's frustrating to think that it will just sit there unused.
Jordan
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2018-01-12T15:36:34.233Z
Yes, as the adress has (probably) no owner (no one has the private key for that adress), these bitcoins will probably never be used/spent.
hardfork
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2018-01-12T15:46:10.610Z
Can the exchange that I was intending to send these btc (i submitted a ticket) somehow request or retrieve the funds?
Jordan
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2018-01-12T15:53:14.103Z
Once the bitcoins are on that adress (once the transaction is in a block of the blockchain), there is NO way for you to get them back.
hardfork
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2018-01-12T21:31:46.557Z
You can consider those coins to be in an unbreakable transparant box that everybody (that knows the location) can forever see, but nobody can ever open.
Christiaan Westerbeek
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2018-01-12T15:23:35.887Z
2018-01-12T15:23:35.887Z
hardfork
<p>How can I learn who has access the the address that my btc were incorrectly sent to? I look in btc.com and see that the btc was sent and completed, and unspent. It's just sitting somewhere on the blockchain? How can I contact the person who has access to the key? </p>

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I sent bitcoin to the wrong address
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# I sent bitcoin to the wrong address

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-12)

How can I learn who has access the the address that my btc were incorrectly sent to? I look in btc.com and see that the btc was sent and completed, and unspent. It's just sitting somewhere on the blockchain? How can I contact the person who has access to the key?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-12. Score: 2

There is no way to find/contact that person.

You are acting pseudonymously in the bitcoin network. You don't know who owns the adress if the owner doesn't tell you that he/she is the owner.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: So these btc are just sitting, unspent, in a random node or hash on the blockchain, and there is no way for me to access or request access to them... how can I tell if there is just traffic delaying the transfer of my btc into my exchange?  
> **username_1**: sorry, I don't understand you second question "how can I tell ...."  
> **username_0**: I guess I just want to know what happens to that btc? btc.com shows that it was transacted and unspent. It's frustrating to think that it will just sit there unused.  
> **username_1**: Yes, as the adress has (probably) no owner (no one has the private key for that adress), these bitcoins will probably never be used/spent.  
> **username_0**: Can the exchange that I was intending to send these btc (i submitted a ticket) somehow request or retrieve the funds?  
> **username_1**: Once the bitcoins are on that adress (once the transaction is in a block of the blockchain), there is NO way for you to get them back.  
> **username_2**: You can consider those coins to be in an unbreakable transparant box that everybody (that knows the location) can forever see, but nobody can ever open.  

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