PANews, August 13: According to Bein Crypto, a Bitcoin wallet experienced an anomaly with an RBF script that automatically increased fees, resulting in a transaction that paid 1.6 BTC (approximately $102,800) in network fees without transferring any BTC to the recipient. The transaction was included in Bitcoin block #962142 on August 12. On-chain records show that the transaction had only one input totaling 160,343,885 satoshis, all of which were paid as fees to miners, with an output amount of 0. The block was mined by SpiderPool, and this transaction accounted for 88% of the block’s total fees of approximately 1.82 BTC.
A BTC wallet accidentally pays 1.6 BTC in fees; the recipient receives nothing.
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Today’s BTC news reveals a bizarre transaction in which a Bitcoin wallet accidentally paid 1.6 BTC (approximately $102,800) in fees due to an abnormal RBF script, with no BTC sent to the recipient. The transaction was confirmed in block 962142, mined by SpiderPool on August 12, 2026. All 160,343,885 satoshis were paid as fees, with zero output sent to any address. This single transaction accounted for 88% of the block’s total fee of 1.82 BTC.
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