Miner returns over $500k in BTC transaction fee overpayment to Paxos

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Miner returns over $500k in BTC transaction fee overpayment to Paxos
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The crypto community was puzzled back on Sept. 10, when a transaction moving around $2,000 in BTC paid $500,000 in fees.

to move around $2,000, while the average network fee was around $2. Various speculations were raised, with some believing that the transaction was done by copy-pasting data and accidentally pasting an output into the fee box without double-checking.

On Sept. 13, Paxos announced that it was their server that made the transfer. Following its claim, the company assured its users that their funds were safe and that the funds. The company also clarified that PayPal was not involved in the mistake and admitted that the error was its own.the amount to Paxos. The miner asked their X followers what they would do in his stead, and a majority voted to just distribute the money to other Bitcoin miners.

However, this advice doesn't appear to have been taken. Blockchain data shared by Bitcoin explorer Mempool

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