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"[1] We understand that we cannot close the account that has been set up in EFF’s name and that returning the donations to the individual donors would be comple
by gst 15y ago
"[1] We understand that we cannot close the account that has been set up in EFF’s name and that returning the donations to the individual donors would be complex and difficult."
Returning the Bitcoins would neither be complex nor difficult. For every transaction you know the sender address and the recipient address. So just return the money to the sender address: as long as the sender didn't remove his old wallet file this address will be valid.
(The only case where you can't return money to the sender address is if some type of virtual "bank" like MyBitCoin was used. In that case sender address do not correspond to the addresses of the individual users. However, the large majority of users doesn't use those banks, but runs their own clients.)
- Tichy 15y agoNot sure if that is correct. At least the BitCoin client does not show sender addresses, only "you have received x BTC with this address". That is why you ideally give each sender their own address to send to, so that you can track who paid you. Not sure how the internal cryptography works, but I think if the information was available, the client would show it.
- rmc 15y agohttp://blockexplorer.com/ http://blockexplorer.com/ will show you. The bitcoin client probably doesn't show it because it would be very long winded and complicated.
- gst 15y agoIt does not make sense for the Bitcoin client to do so, because you can only use this information if you know all Bitcoin addresses of the sender (as any one might potentially be used as sender of the Bitcoins). In addition, even the (typical) sender does not know all of his addresses, as some of those addresses are only internally used by the Bitcoin client. Still, if you send the money to any of those addresses it will appear in the wallet of the sender.
- naz 15y agoIt's possible that some of the addresses that donated to the EFF were single-use throwaway addresses which the original owners may not still have the keys for