just burned $3,200 USDC by sending to the all CAPS version of my own solana address. uppercased base58 = still a valid address. lands off-curve. no private key can EVER exist for it. funds are gone forever. my wallet let this happen with zero warning. solscan literally flags isOnCurve=false — wall
@minglaugodel·Jun 13, 2026·2 sources·negative
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A user lost $3,200 USDC by sending to an all-caps version of their own Solana address, which is a valid off-curve address with no private key.
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just burned $3,200 USDC by sending to the all CAPS version of my own solana address. uppercased base58 = still a valid address. lands off-curve. no private key can EVER exist for it. funds are gone forever. my wallet let this happen with zero warning. solscan literally flags isOnCurve=false — wall
@minglaugodel
Jun 13, 2026
just burned $3,200 USDC by sending to the all CAPS version of my own solana address. uppercased base58 = still a valid address. lands off-curve. no private key can EVER exist for it. funds are gone forever. my wallet let this happen with zero warning. solscan literally flags isOnCurve=false — wall
@bitcoinpalmer
Jun 13, 2026