In a world where every fraction of a second counts, an unfortunate computer bug caused a significant disruption in the cryptocurrency universe. Paxos, a renowned issuer of stablecoins, has recently become the center of discussion after acknowledging their involvement in a Bitcoin transaction that raised many questions.
Retracing the Roots of the Transaction
Before Paxos’ admission, the crypto community was full of speculation regarding the entity behind the error. Users on the X platform (formerly known as Twitter) speculated that PayPal could have been behind this mistaken transaction. This was fueled by the identification by the blockchain analytics platform OXT of a wallet, linked to the error, belonging to PayPal.
F2Pool Offers a Helping Hand
To improve the situation, F2Pool, the mining pool that confirmed the block containing the transaction, generously offered to refund the erroneously paid fees if a claim was made within a specified three-day period. If unclaimed, the excessive commission would be distributed among the contributors of the pool’s hashing power, thus dispersing the massive fees among a network of miners.
