The miner of Ethereum block 13.307.440 returns the extraordinarily high sum he received for processing a transaction on this blockchain network.
Decentralized exchange DeversiFi confirmed on Twitter that the miner of block #13.307.440 on the Ethereum network is now returning the funds it received as payment for processing a transaction on the network.
Yesterday morning, a company from cryptocurrencies, Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange paid 7.676 ethers as a fee to miners for processing a transaction of just 100.000 USDT, equivalent to $100.000. The ethers paid in mining fees were over $23,7 million at the time of the transaction. However, at press time, they are worth $22,6 million, with a value of $XNUMX. ETH trading at around $2.930 per unit. To date, this is the transaction with the most expensive commission ever paid to miners in the history of the Ethereum network.
The transaction was carried out by the company Bitfinex, which explained on Twitter that it was a mistake. DeversiFi identified the error and assured that its team was already investigating the possible causes and the next step. DeversiFi explained that the unusual and erroneously high gas fee came from a hardware wallet belonging to Bitfinex.
Source: Etherscan
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Ethereum, blockchain, immutability
The miner who mined block #13.307.440, which included the company's transaction with a fee of 7.676 ethers, returned all the funds received by mistake. DeversiFi highlighted the importance of the miner's human values, such as honesty, considering that the transactions that occur on the blockchain are completely immutable.
“The revolution we are part of is defined by our values as humans”He pointed out DEX, while thanking the miner for his integrity. DeversiFi promised to publish a post-mortem report to report the causes of the error and inform how it occurred and whether or not it was preventable. At the time of reporting the error, the DEX assured that it was an internal problem and that user funds were safe. It also clarified that transactions within the decentralized exchange would not be affected by this error.
A history of excessively high commissions
An erroneously high commission fee like the one Bitfinex recently sent is quite unusual on Ethereum, but not an isolated case. Last year, this outlet reported that an unlucky user sent an Ethereum transaction worth $133,8 while paying a commission fee of no less than $2,6 million.
At the time, many speculated that it was a human error. However, a day later, a similar transaction occurred on the network. The same user sent an $86.000 transaction again paying a $2,6 million fee to the miners, sparking a firestorm of speculation that included a money laundering bot, a hacking exploit, and a hacking scam. hot wallet from some exchange or a case of extortion in the crypto industry.
This second transaction was included in an Ethereum block by the mining company Ethermine, who announced days later that it would distribute the funds received as fees among its miners, since none of the users who claimed to be the owner of the address could prove it with valid evidence and no exchange or company spoke out on the matter. The first transaction was included in a block by Sparkpool, who waited a reasonable amount of time while investigations were carried out before distributing the commission among the pool's miners.
In 2019, there was another case of an unusual transaction on Ethereum that paid 2.730 ethers as a fee to miners. At the time, the ethers were valued at around $370.000, although at the time of writing they are worth almost $8 million.
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