Retrieval of sent ABT
Hello, so I sent my 341 ABT tokens on the ABT mainnet to my Coinbase ABT exchange address. I understand when Robert Mao said that Coinbase is unable to retrieve the 341 ABT sent to my CB ABT (ethereum) address because CB does not support ABT mainnet network, but I have a similar situation where CB was able to retrieve one of my assets back when I sent a unsupported coin to my CB Solana address after it was recently listed/supported that coin on CB.
Bare with me as I explain this scenario and how it ties to this case.... Recently I sent 525 Neon to my CB Solana address by accident. At that time CB did not support Solana, but just 2 weeks ago CB started to support Neon. That day when I sent over my Neon to Solana my CB ACTIVITY showed I RECIEVED SOL from an external account (my warm wallet) in the amount of $0.00. When I clicked on the link to show the transaction on the block explorer, there it displayed my deposit of 525 Neon to my CB Solana address. Since CB did not support Neon during that time when this transaction took place, CB did provide a reciept of my activity under my Activity Log presenting what I have explained earlier. Given that the CB Activity Log keeps record of all my activity from unkowns assets to known assets, there should be documentation of this activity showing I recieved 341 ABT mainnet as a value of $0.00 ABT because it was sent from an unsupported network (ABT main) to my CB ABT (ethereum) address. This is the similar scenario with my Neon being sent to my Solana example bc they both were sent to a network that is supported by CB even though the receiving asset or network is unsupported giving a value as $0.00. I dont have any documentation in my CB activity of a recieved transaction of 341 ABT sent from unkown network (ABT main) to my CB ABT address.
I then tried to look it up in Etherscan.io and was not able to find a transaction that was recieving 341 ABT on 2/23/24 from a "external network" to my CB ABT (eth). The address on ETHERSCAN.iO of my CB ABT (eth) address is:
0xe49f4A42B2B98f0A9bb02cC531Eb51D739D8124e
My last transaction activity for my CB ABT address was 12/3/23.
So if Robert was explaining that my sent ABT from ABT Mainnet to my CB ABT (ethereum) address is unretreivable and the 341 ABT is sitting in the CB ABT (eth) address, then how come I'm unable to find a RECIEVED/DEPOSITED transaction in Etherscan.io under my CB ABT (eth) address?
Which ties to my other point if it did show up as a recieved unknown asset to my CB ABT (eth) address why isn't there a reciept of this action under my CBActivity Log account saying its from an external network/source. CB shows all activities that are linked to CB either recieving or sending which makes me to believe this transaction never took place.
That leads me to conclude, that I believe my 341 ABT is still in ABT mainnet under a generated account with the SAME 42 CHARACTERS as my CB ABT address. The only difference is that the generated ABT address has the beginning starting with **did:abt:**0xe49f4A42B2B98f0A9bb02cC531Eb51D739D8124e
My point is how come there is no transaction in Etherscan.io as a recieved asset under the CB ABT (eth) address, beside the transaction showing in ABT Main explorer. Also CB does shows all my ACTIVITIES including RECIEVED Known and UNKNOWN assets or networks to my CB account listed under My Activity section with the time and date.
Given that any transaction can be vaildated incoming/outgoing on any blockchain explorer respectively to the assets network explorer, I did not find any recieved asset on 2/23/24 in Etherscan.io for the CB ABT (eth network address) i sent to. Which is:
0xe49f4A42B2B98f0A9bb02cC531Eb51D739D8124e
The last transaction I made with this address ending in D8124e was on 12/3/23.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesnt sound correct with Roberts explanation that my sent 341 ABT are in the Eth network under my CB ABT address.
To my understanding my 341 ABT is still in ABT main network but placed in a generated address that has the same character address as the CB ABT (eth) address.
Can you retrieve it back since it is still in your network?
Thank you for taking the time to read this lengthy issue.
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Correct, as the transaction shows here: https://main.abtnetwork.io/explorer/accounts/0xe49f4A42B2B98f0A9bb02cC531Eb51D739D8124e/tokens
Prefixing addresses with "did:abt:" is a safety guard added since your last report. It can tell the wallet whether this is an address on ArcBlock chain or other chains. But under the neath, the secret key of the address 0xe49f4A42B2B98f0A9bb02cC531Eb51D739D8124e can control assets on both ArcBlock chain and Ethereum chains, checkout more explanation here: Understanding Wallets and Accounts
Yes, your fund is still on ArcBlock Mainnet, but the secret key that can move this fund is on Coinbase's hands
If Coinbase supports ArcBlock mainnet, this should be done automatically, just like what happened to Neon token you mentioned above, otherwise, we can not help since we can not (this applies to everyone) move funds from an account whose secret key is not managed by us.