<p>I'm referring to the challenge Bill Gates raised as a shortcoming of Bitcoin. Could it ever be possible to reverse a bitcoin transaction mistakenly sent to the wrong address?</p>

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2015-01-29T21:43:19.500Z
It's actually one of the fundamental traits of Bitcoin that Bitcoin transactions cannot be reversed. I expect escrow services to spring up to fill the demand for reversable transactions. Anyway, it seems your question is a duplicate of [Can a Bitcoin transaction be reversed?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/197/5406), or [Is there any study or research of how to make BTC transfers refundable?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/12108/5406) Unless your question changes due to the context of the challenge you mentioned, in which case you should perhaps explain what distincts it to the above.
Murch
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2015-01-29T21:44:56.860Z
(cont.) To do so, it would be best to edit your question in corresponding manner, and to flag for reopening.
Murch
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2015-01-29T21:51:02.810Z
Just to be clear, it's not a bad question, I just don't think that it would have a different answer than the ones I linked. This one might also be interesting: [What happens if I mistype the address when making a payment?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/194/5406)
Murch
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# Is it possible to reverse mistaken transactions?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-29)

I'm referring to the challenge Bill Gates raised as a shortcoming of Bitcoin. Could it ever be possible to reverse a bitcoin transaction mistakenly sent to the wrong address?

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> **username_1**: It's actually one of the fundamental traits of Bitcoin that Bitcoin transactions cannot be reversed. I expect escrow services to spring up to fill the demand for reversable transactions. Anyway, it seems your question is a duplicate of [Can a Bitcoin transaction be reversed?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/197/5406), or [Is there any study or research of how to make BTC transfers refundable?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/12108/5406) Unless your question changes due to the context of the challenge you mentioned, in which case you should perhaps explain what distincts it to the above.  
> **username_1**: (cont.) To do so, it would be best to edit your question in corresponding manner, and to flag for reopening.  
> **username_1**: Just to be clear, it's not a bad question, I just don't think that it would have a different answer than the ones I linked. This one might also be interesting: [What happens if I mistype the address when making a payment?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/194/5406)  

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