An Ethereum user accidentally paid $90,000 in gas fees for a transaction involving the transfer of $2,200 worth of ETH. The incident, identified by DeFiac, involved the address 0x89A7...ee88, which spent 34.6 ETH in transaction fees to transfer 0.88 ETH. This costly mistake is being referred to as a 'fat finger' transaction, highlighting the risks associated with manual input errors in cryptocurrency transfers.
An Ethereum user spent 40 times more in fees than the value of the transaction in what looks to be a “fat finger” trade. @tikta_ reports https://t.co/lGcJwJq9uj
UPDATE: A CRYPTO USER PAID $90,000 IN GAS FEES FOR A $2,200 ETH TRANSFER IN ANOTHER "FAT FINGER" TRANSACTION
#PeckShieldAlert DeFiac has discovered that the address 0x89A7...ee88 spent 34.6 $ETH (~$88K) in tx fees to transfer 0.88 $ETH (worth ~$2.2K) https://t.co/HIvG08tKrR