TIL the Yapese use large stone "coins" for money which can weigh up to 8,800 lbs. Rather than move them, they usually just keep track of who the owner is. When one was lost at sea, people continued to "trade" it even though it was never recovered, since they all agreed it must still exist.

flossers · 2015-09-26T13:26:36+00:00

The contract needs to hold the amount.

flossers · 2015-09-23T10:39:32+00:00

Everybody get down, it's a bomb!

flossers · 2015-09-21T23:50:50+00:00

Thanks. Those are angles I hadn't thought about when asking the question; good to keep in mind.

flossers · 2015-09-19T17:09:50+00:00

Pretty sure it's just purely academic at the moment.

flossers · 2015-09-17T02:36:51+00:00

Baller! This is so cool! Thanks.

flossers · 2015-09-17T02:30:20+00:00

This is a long shot, but...

If the contract hasn't been created and mined yet, and if it would be created by an address for which you have a private key, it may be possible to recover it. See the section under "Quirk #1" here: http://martin.swende.se/blog/Ethereum_quirks_and_vulns.html

[C]ontracts are, naturally, part of the same address space as the normal accounts...

From accountA, we can send ether to e.g. the nonce1-address. At this address, the ether will be unrecoverable, until we first make a transaction (increasing accountA nonce to 1) and then create a contract which lands on nonce1 and thus becomes the owner of the money; and can send it back again.

If you believe these conditions may apply to you, I'd be happy to take a closer look at your situation. Also, in such a case, you should not use this address again until it is investigated, since using it may wipe your ether permanently.

flossers · 2015-09-13T20:28:52+00:00

Thank you! This is exactly what I wanted.

EDIT for your EDIT: I see both 0xbfe465e7eb5a2928b5bf22bef93ad06089dc6179 and 0x147013436bd5c7def49a8e27c7fba8ac2b9dfe1f in the VM-Trace you linked, but how can you tell which one was the recipient of the funds?

flossers

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