Hey all,
I am Gabi, and I think that STEEMIT should refund my money back, as all my past blog posts showed a flaw in the design.
STEEMIT improved the system, but did not returned my STEEM back.
Please let me explain:
7 months ago, I have lost all my steem (all my 5478.300 STEEM), all my savings by sending all the funds to @bittrexx account. ( it was a mistake from my side, by adding an extra "X" in the username). The whole story is here: https://steemit.com/steem/@gabi-dumitriu/open-letter-to-ned-scott-and-dan-larimer-and-steem-community-i-have-lost-all-my-usd900-worth-of-steem-typosquatting-usernames
Since then, I have tried to contact the steemit crew, but without success.
Some generous people donated some steem to my account, and I had no words, I felt so grateful and I thank them all:
@maninayton
@ausbitbank
@chromiumone
@sthumacher
@justinashby
@thereikiforest
@robrigo
@benjojo
@freebornangel
@hejohalfiles
@nulls.
But now, when you try to signup to steemit, using the wrong account( ex: bittrexx) this is what you get:
You get the same message when you try to login.
You can try the same and see for yourself.
So my question is:
Should STEEMIT return the funds back to my account?
Bittrex is a well known exchange and they should not allow the creation of a such account.
Yes, I know, it was my mistake to send the funds to the wrong account, but I think STEEMIT should take action and return the funds back to my account.
What do you guys think?
I think steem should take action. Sorry bro
Thanks. And yes, I know, Steemit is a decentralized ecosystem. No one has the authority to ban accounts or fully prevent phishing, but fixing a phishing error/bug( or whatever) and not refund the users, well, this is not ok.
As much as I am sorry for your loss of money, I don't think Steemit is at fault here whatsoever. If you gave me money, by mistake or not, it was your choice, and nobody should regulate that. And any account name that does not exist should be allowed to be created, or this limitation will expand. Would you forbid bi11rex to be created? or 6ittrex? or whatever... they're still similar...
Nasol boss, da nu-i vina lor...
If steemit would reverse a wrong transaction, I will fully advice everybody to stay out of such a platform. Why? Because that would mean that a single entity would have full control over the blockchain.
A fost greseala ta, traiesti cu consecintele.
Imi pare rau pentru ce s-a intamplat, partea buna este ca ai primit ajutor din partea prietenilor tai de pe Steemit . Consider ca acest lucru este mult mai valoros decat banii.
I can return all your STEEM.
Bittrexx account has been phishing by steemit.com party and his account may no longer be used by him. If there is a bittrexx account password I might be able to help you.
I'm sorry for you mate, but that is the nature of blockchain powered systems - they are designed so that nobody can mess with other people's tokens. The responsibility is 100% on the user because there is no authority over blockchain. I usually transfer my tokens in small amounts so that if I make a mistake I will not loose all my tokens.