[Discussion] the escrow advice in here is 3 years out of date
the escrow advice in here is 3 years out of date, and I am aware this is a minority view on this board.
3 years. Those are measured, not estimated, and not rounded up in my favour.
The one mistake that cannot be undone, and why it keeps happening.
The same token symbol exists on multiple chains. The wallet interface shows you the symbol prominently and the network in small type. Sending on the wrong chain to an address that looks perfectly valid usually means the funds are unrecoverable by either party.
The protection is procedural rather than technical: confirm the network in writing with the recipient before sending, verify the address format matches that network, and send a small test first. None of that requires understanding the chain — it requires treating the network field as the most important thing on the screen, which the interface design does not encourage.
What is and is not the supplier’s fault, since this board generates unfair complaints.
Not theirs: the network fee, chain congestion, confirmation time, the rate moving between quote and send, and a payment sent on the wrong chain. Theirs: which networks they accept, how quickly they credit a confirmed payment, and whether the address they gave you was correct and communicated clearly.
Keeping those columns separate makes the reports here far more useful. A thread titled "supplier took my payment" that turns out to describe forty minutes of unconfirmed transaction helps nobody and follows people around for years.
Tell me where this is wrong. That is the useful part of posting it.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Retitled from an accusation to a description while the confirmations catch up.
Network fees are set by chain congestion at the time of sending. They are paid to the network, not to the recipient, and they vary by hour as well as by chain.
Which network, exactly?
Which networks did they list as accepted?
How many confirmations does it show?
How many confirmations does it show?
This is the check that prevents the only genuinely unrecoverable mistake in this thread.
Sent to the right address on the wrong chain years ago. Nothing to be done. That is the lesson I paid for.
Was there a memo or tag requirement on that chain?
Is the fee you are describing the network fee or something the supplier added?
Small fix — that is the network fee, not a supplier charge. The distinction matters for the complaint you are making.
confirmations are the only status that means anything
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