Goldman🌙

If only I had known about @Americanfort_io earlier... 🥲 @AbstractChain Wrong-Chain Deposit Update > Copied my Abstract address to send gas fees. > Tried to copy my EVM address for the rest. > Copy failed. Funds went to the previous address. Unfortunately, even the Abstract Foundation confirmed that recovering my funds is technically impossible due to differences between EraVM and EVM smart contract wallet address derivation. Potentially recoverable: Abstract ↔ zkSync Era Both use EraVM, so deploying a smart contract wallet at the same address may be possible. Practically unrecoverable: Abstract ↔ BNB Chain (and other standard EVM chains) Abstract uses EraVM, while BNB Chain uses standard EVM. Their CREATE2 address derivation methods differ, meaning the same deployment process cannot reproduce the same wallet address. The only remaining options would be obtaining the private key or brute-forcing a 160-bit address using CREATE2. Both are practically impossible. RIP my $20,000 USDC. 🥲 If Only I Had Known About American Fortress Earlier... American Fortress is building Send-to-Name technology, allowing users to send crypto using an @<name> instead of copying and pasting complicated wallet addresses. They're also developing ZK-based technology to verify wallet ownership across different blockchains without exposing seed phrases. Of course, this doesn't mean their technology could have recovered my funds or necessarily prevented my mistake. But this experience made me rethink crypto UX. We've spent years focusing on TPS, lower fees, and scalability. Yet users still have to copy long wallet addresses, manually select networks, and risk losing everything because of one small mistake. In traditional finance, a mistaken transfer may be reversible through a bank. In crypto, one wrong click can mean losing your funds forever. I believe mass adoption will require more than faster and cheaper blockchains. We also need better UX and security infrastructure that protects users from irreversible mistakes. Anyway, I paid $20,000 to learn this lesson.