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Sends to Non‑existent Bitcoin Addresses Are Almost Certainly Lost
I believe that if you send funds to a non-existent Bitcoin address, the chance that someone will later generate the exact same address is vanishingly small.
In practice, coins sent to such addresses are effectively unrecoverable, so always verify addresses before sending.
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Analysis
The Bitcoin address space is astronomically large, making accidental address collisions effectively impossible; unless the matching private key is deliberately created later (an event with negligible ...
Recommendation
Double-check addresses, use checksummed formats, scan QR codes or copy/paste, and send a small test amount first to avoid irreversible mistakes.
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