So, I just had a strange occurrence on GDAX. I thought I was going to be able to withdrawal my small amount of BCH to fund my Binance account and everything seemed to be going well until I received a little email.
Said email notified me that my funds where sent to an unknown address as follows:
5a31b72f0bc41d0221e844ad
I know I put in the correct address with the correct length to boot (34 characters) so how is it possible that my coins were sent to a 24 character invalid 'address'. BRO, DO YOU EVEN INPUT VALIDATION?!
Well, to be fair, I believe their interface probably does but in all the bustle with the bch pump there were probably issues on the back end. I posted the situation to Reddit as well and a user suggested my computer may be compromised. I think the former is more likely in this case but I suppose it is possible. Going to keep my head on a swivel so to speak. Matter of fact, this prompted me to initiate a unscheduled AV scan. Can never be too careful and you never think it is going to be you... Until it is. Well anyway...
Just goes to show, everytime I try to make a "play" during big crypto events like this it usually doesn't go over so well for me. If I would have kept my coins on GDAX I could have probably dumped for WAY higher and had more to play around with on Binance. I recall the best laid plans of mice and men often to awry. Yep. Sounds about right.
I usually have a lot more luck trading with lower volume alts rather than trying to time trades when the whales are moving. Chalk that up to an experience.
In any case, I have a support request open and will update. Hope y'all fared better ;)